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单词 download
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downloadn.

Brit. /ˈdaʊnləʊd/, U.S. /ˈdaʊnˌloʊd/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: download v.
Etymology: < download v. Compare earlier downloading n.
Computing.
1. The action or an act of downloading a program, file, etc. (see download v. 2). Contrasted with upload.In quot. 1968: an act of retrieving data from a computer system.
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society > computing and information technology > network > [noun] > downloading
downloading1976
download1977
1968 K. E. Codlin et al. Implementation USAF Standard Base Supply Syst. 9 ADC provided a three-man team, which visited the bases some 30 days prior to conversion and conducted a full-scale download of the 305 and upload of the 1050, requiring 10 to 15 days.]
1977 Sci. Amer. Sept. 160/1 Changes at this stage are readily achieved by a simple process of re-edit, assemble and download.
1985 Personal Computer World Feb. 122/1 The feature which will appeal to most telecommunications people..is the download and upload routine.
1993 Online Access Spring 45/1 There are certain things that people can do to make their downloads easier and better.
2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 5 Nov. b8/1 Movie downloads were painfully slow.
2. A program, file, etc., which has been downloaded or has been made available for downloading.
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1983 Bull. Med. Libr. Assoc. 71 341/2 Biological Abstracts is now prepared to sell ‘downloads’ of BIOSIS on floppy disks to individual scientific users.
1994 Pop. Mech. Oct. 120/3 Subscribers were able to record the entire 3-minute 14-second song on their hard disks... Sound quality of the download was similar to FM stereo.
2018 PC World 28 June (Nexis) Tap it and you'll see a list of your downloads and infrequently used apps.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

downloadv.

Brit. /ˌdaʊnˈləʊd/, /ˈdaʊnləʊd/, U.S. /ˈdaʊnˌloʊd/, /ˌdaʊnˈloʊd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: down- prefix, load v.
Etymology: < down- prefix + load v. Compare earlier upload v.
1. transitive. To unload something, esp. people or cargo, from an aircraft, ship, or vehicle. Cf. upload v. 1.Originally in military contexts.
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society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > unload
uncharge13..
unladea1398
unload?1523
strike1797
offload1850
download1962
1962 [implied in: Wichita Falls (Texas) Times 17 Jan. 12 b/5 Col. Lelbach cited Airman Oliver for his outstanding performances in the areas of..uploading and downloading of aircraft personal and survival equipment. (at downloading n. 1)].
1963 Aerospace Safety Mar. 22/1 The load crew was dispatched to download GARs from an F-102A.
1979 Jrnl. Operational Res. Soc. 30 326 Each compartment of the tanker is filled to capacity. If this arrangement causes one or more axles to be overloaded some product must be downloaded.
1995 CNN (Nexis) 25 Dec. We meet all the air traffic that comes in, we download and upload passengers and all the cargo.
2001 J. Thigpen Praetorian STARShip x. 269 After downloading fuel and removing everything possible from the aircraft, a combined US/Australian recovery team freed the aircraft with only minor damage.
2. Computing.
a. transitive. To copy (a program, file, etc.) from a central or remote computer system to a computer, mobile device, etc., now usually via the internet. Cf. download n.
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society > computing and information technology > software > load system [verb (transitive)] > download
download1975
1975 Microprocessor Handbk. (Texas Instruments Learning Center) 60 The bootstrap program downloads the main program for the communications processor from the computer when required.
1984 Daily Tel. 9 Jan. 9/2 MicroNet 800..offers several hundred programs that can be downloaded to a home computer over an ordinary telephone line.
2014 J. H. Clark et al. Visual Guide to Minecraft iii. 46 Once you've downloaded the resource pack, you have to install it.
b. transitive. More generally: to copy (a program, file, etc.) from one electronic device to another.
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1990 CD changers in rec.audio (Usenet newsgroup) 31 Oct. My remote can hold programs for different cartridges, which I then download to the player after inserting the cartridge.
2004 M. L. Chambers CD & DVD Recording for Dummies (ed. 2) xii. 219 A link to download the program from the disc to the computer's hard drive.
2015 A. E. Garcia & N. Sanchez Evil Legacy of Dr. Jürgen (electronic ed.) xv. Erika took Anne's cell phone and downloaded the photos from her phone onto the computer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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