downloadingn.
/ˌdaʊnˈləʊdɪŋ/, /ˈdaʊnləʊdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdaʊnˌloʊdɪŋ/, /ˌdaʊnˈloʊdɪŋ/ 1. The action or an act of unloading something, esp. people or cargo, from an aircraft, ship, or vehicle.Originally in military contexts.
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1962 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.
1965 Space Programs Summary No. 37-35 (U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Admin. Jet Propulsion Lab.) VI. 2/2 The mission consisted of seven phases: (1) receipt, partial assembly, and electronics testing; (2) propellant loading;..(6) propellant downloading.
1972 Mil. Constr. Appropriations for 1973: Hearings before Mil. Constr. Subcomm. (U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Comm., 92nd Congr., 2nd Sess.) III. 306 This downloading will vacate the aircrew alert quarters, and the alert parking area.
2012 J. D. Gould Never Dull Moment (e-book, accessed 24 May 2018) iii. 12 When the fuel downloading was complete I found a veritable sand box in the tanks.
2. Computing. The action of copying a program, file, etc., from a central or remote computer system to a computer, mobile device, etc., esp. (in later use) via the internet.
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society > computing and information technology > network > [noun] > downloading
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1976 Libr. Q. July 327 Terminals can be controlled by a minicomputer to relieve the main computer of many routine communication tasks—such as polling, downloading of programs for the terminals, and the like.
1992 K. S. Robinson Red Mars (1993) v. 220 Pauline's red light blinked rapidly, indicating a downloading of raw data.
2010 Daily Tel. 25 Mar. 30/1 Combat illegal downloading of copyrighted music.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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