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It's all a matter of perspective. If you are loading something to the computer in front of you from another computer it's called "downloading" If you're loading something FROM the computer in front of you to another computer, it's generally called "Uploading".

Another perspective is the SIZE and function of the computer. If you're loading something from a server or large computer to your computer, it's downloading. If you're loading something TO a server or larger computer it's called Uploading.

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It is easy to remember if you imagine that the computers of the internet are "in the sky" above your computer.

Upload it taking a file from your computer and putting it on a "computer in the sky".

Download is getting the file "down" to your computer on "earth"

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when you are downloading, your computer is receiving information from another system via the internet.

Uploading is when your computer is sending inormation to another system via the internet.

Example. I can UPLOAD a video from my computer to YouTube's system.

then you can go to the video and it will DOWNLOAD the information from YouTube's system to your computer as it plays

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Well,Uploading is like giving something to the internet DOWNloading is like gettin a copy of it then you use it

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