free downloads

No-charge digital content

Free downloads are digital files—software, music, images, documents—available to copy from the internet without payment.

The term often appears in advertising or search results, sometimes legitimately (open-source software, promotional content) and sometimes as bait for pirated material or malware: I searched for free downloads of the album but didn't trust the sites that came up.

Related

piracy · mp3 · software · crack · keygen · illegal · music · movies · apps · link · click · bandwidth · file · zip · upload · peer-to-peer · trial · demo

Categories
Opposites
cost/payment

free downloadspaid apps

Programs requiring purchase

commercial software · in-app purchases · subscription services · premium content · microtransactions

access method

free downloadsphysical media

Content on tangible formats

streaming services · SaaS · CD-ROM

data flow direction

free downloadsuploads

Sends files remotely

file sharing · streaming

Family

free, download, freed, freely, freedom, freeing, freer, freest, freeman

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G