to transfer (software, data, character sets, etc.) from a distant to a nearby computer, from a larger to a smaller computer, or from a computer to a peripheral device.
noun
software, data, etc., that has been downloaded: the best free music downloads.
the act or process of downloading.
Compare upload, sideload.
Origin of download
down1 + load
Words nearby download
Downing Street, down in the dumps, “Down in the Valley”, downlight, downlink, download, down-low, down-market, down on, down one's alley, down one's neck
It also threatened to sue Apptopia, an app intelligence company, when the latter published a report suggesting that Triller had inflated download numbers.
ByteDance slams the possibility of a Triller-TikTok tie-up|Lucinda Shen|August 31, 2020|Fortune
Now the question is, does this visibility convert into app downloads.
App store optimization success: Top five KPIs you must measure|Juned Ghanchi|August 28, 2020|Search Engine Watch
Books By Kilo has seen a 40% increase in sales and customer interactions since March thanks to WhatsApp Business, a free-to-download mobile app that acts as a storefront for small businesses on the world’s largest instant messaging app.
Pesky forwards aside, WhatsApp is now a lifeline for many small businesses in India|Niharika Sharma|August 25, 2020|Quartz
Data from mobile app analytics firm Sensor Tower suggests that, so far, most apps have not seen the download rates they need to effectively curtail the spread of coronavirus.
Global contact tracing app downloads lag behind effective levels|Nicolás Rivero|July 15, 2020|Quartz
Just download the Virtual Joey App and you are ready to stream DISH service right to that screen.
New Innovations Let You Watch TV Anywhere You Go||December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Or should people be free to download and print anything they so choose?
What Are We Protecting with Gun Laws?|Jessica Solce|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Users also require the bandwidth and patience to download large files (Flames of War is nearly a gigabyte).
ISIS Is Winning the Online Jihad Against the West|Ali Fisher, Nico Prucha|October 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You can download the Kindle App for free on your desktop or laptop computer, smart phone or tablet.
The Stacks: The Day ‘The Big Lebowski’ Came to Life|Alex Belth|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Even better, let me download the entire CD booklet as a pdf.
25 Things I Want from an Online Music Service (and Almost Never Get)|Ted Gioia|June 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For full functionality of this file, download the html version.
The Rise of the Mediaeval Church|Alexander Clarence Flick
If you want to download all three volumes and have the links work on your own computer, then follow these directions carefully.
Louise de la Valliere|Alexandre Dumas, Pere
If you download the test version before then, you can have a free update to the release version without a 30-day limit.
Color Images from Mars Rovers|Bob Webster
Hackers even made sites available from which it is possible to download whole software and multimedia products.
After the Rain|Sam Vaknin
If you want to download the volumes, you will need to change the links to point to the correct file names on your own device.
Constitutional History of England, volume 3 of 3|Henry Hallam
British Dictionary definitions for download
download
/ (ˈdaʊnˌləʊd) /
verb(tr)
to copy or transfer (data or a program) into the memory of one computer system from a larger one
to broadcast specialist programmes, for such groups as doctors, outside normal broadcasting hours. They are often recorded on video tapes and viewed laterCompare upload
espCanadianto delegate or assign (work, responsibilities, costs, etc) to a someone at a lower level of an organization; off-load
noun
a file transferred onto a computer from another computer or the internet