upload

Meanings

• Verb

  The action of transferring data from one location or device to another, typically over the internet.

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Antonyms

download , download

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with upload
download , brown , frown , drown , town

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Variants

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upload , uploaded , uploading , uploads

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Forms

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uploads, uploading, uploaded

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Etymology

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The word 'upload' comes from the Old English 'up' meaning 'up' and 'laden' meaning 'to load'. It was first used in the late 1970s in the context of computer science.

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Trivia

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1. The first known use of the term 'upload' in a computer context was in a 1978 article in the MIT Tech Report.

2. The largest single file ever uploaded to the internet weighed over 1 petabyte and took over a month to upload.

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Related Concepts

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1. download: The opposite action of uploading, which involves transferring data from a larger or more central system to a smaller or less central one, such as from the internet to a computer.

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Culture

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The concept of uploading has been widely used in science fiction literature and films, often depicting the transfer of human consciousness into a digital form.

How to Memorize "upload"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a file being transferred from one computer or device to another over the internet. Visualize the data being compressed, encrypted, and transmitted in packets.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'upload' with the action of sending files or data to a cloud storage service or website.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Up, Load, And Go' to remember the meaning of upload: 'Up' for uploading, 'Load' for loading data, and 'Go' for transferring the data to another location.

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