download

Forms

1.A file transfer to a given computer or device from a remote one through a network connection.
- The download took longer than I expected.
2.A file that has been or is intended to be transferred in this way.
- I got the download but it wouldn't work on my computer.

1.To transfer data to a given computer from a remote one via a network.
- You can download a trial version of the program for thirty days to determine whether you want to purchase the full version.
- Finally, some e-content must first be downloaded to a computer before being transferred to a tablet or other mobile device for viewing.
- With Apple’s solar farm, customers could now be confident that downloading an app or video-chatting a friend would not increase carbon pollution, Jackson said.
2.To load a gun (especially a muzzle-loader) with less propellant than its designed load.
3.To transfer jurisdiction and responsibility of a government asset or service to a lower level of government.
- In 1997, The Harris government also downloaded a number of social services to municipal governments, including affordable housing.

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From down- + load.

Verbal form first appears c.

1962 in the Wichita Falls (Texas) Times.

Nominal form first appears c.

1977 in Scientific American.