file transfer
Sending digital documents
File transfer is the process of moving digital data from one location to another—between computers, devices, or across networks.
Methods range from simple USB drives to specialized protocols like FTP: The file transfer took several hours because of the slow connection.
In computing contexts, file transfer often implies moving data between systems rather than within one.
- uploadTransfer data outward
- downloadRemote-to-local data transfer
- sendCause to arrive elsewhere
- receiveAccept something offered
- peer to peerDirect equal-to-equal connection
FTP · sync · share · drag · drop · progress · progress bar · bandwidth · server · drag and drop · cloud · cloud storage · attachment · copy · paste · protocol · wireless · Bluetooth
- Copying Databackup, cloning, copy paste, mirroring, syncing
- data transferupload, download, send, receive, sync
- digital sharingshare, shares, share button, upload, download
- transfershandoff, hand off, handover, relay, baton pass
- digital transfersPayPal, Venmo, Zelle, direct deposit, cloud sync
- file operationsopen, save, close, copy, delete
file transferdata retention
Maintaining saved information
data destruction · offline storage · archiving · data retrieval
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