upload

3 definitions found

upload - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  upload
      v 1: transfer a file or program to a central computer from a
           smaller computer or a computer at a remote location [ant:
           download]

upload - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  upload
  
     /uhp'lohd/ To transfer programs or data over a digital
     communications link from a smaller or peripheral "client"
     system to a larger or central "host" one.
  
     Opposite: download.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1994-10-27)
  

upload - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  upload
   /uhp'lohd/, v.
  
     1. [techspeak] To transfer programs or data over a digital
     communications link from a system near you (especially a smaller or
     peripheral client system) to one further away from you (especially a
     larger or central host system). A transfer in the other direction is,
     of course, called a download
  
     2. [speculatively] To move the essential patterns and algorithms that
     make up one's mind from one's brain into a computer. Those who are
     convinced that such patterns and algorithms capture the complete
     essence of the self view this prospect with pleasant anticipation.