what is the differene between upload and download?
how do I know know which to do
how do I know know which to do
Pulse
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Upload is when information goes from your computer to the internet, and download is when information goes from the internet to your computer.
DrDave
When you do something as simple as searching the internet you are uploading info on what you are looking for. Downloading is copying a file from the net to your pc.
JJ
They go in different directions. It's like the difference between giving and receiving
Kasey C
upload -> you go UPstream, you to the Internet
download <- you go DOWNstream, Internet to you
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Kasey C, PC guru since Apple II days
If you don't share books with strangers, why share music?
Jack D
Download: You take a file (that didn't belong to you) from somebody or from a website
Upload: You put one of your files to a website for other people to see or share