uploading

Pushing to servers

Uploading is the process of transferring data from a local device to a remote system—the opposite of downloading.

You upload files to cloud storage, photos to social media, videos to streaming platforms: I'm still uploading the footage from last night.

The noun upload refers to either the act or the content transferred: The upload failed halfway through.

transfer

FTP

Data transmission standard

  • HTTPWeb data transmission standard
  • serverOne who attends tables
  • cloudAtmospheric water vapor mass

bandwidth · protocol · connection · encryption · compression · hosting · streaming · buffer · packet · download

data

file

Stored collection of data

  • documentWritten or electronic file
  • imageVisual or mental likeness
  • videoRecorded moving imagery

photo · attachment · folder · archive · batch · content · multimedia · media · PDF · spreadsheet

sharing

post

Vertical structural beam

profile · platform · feed · content · caption · tag · album · gallery · portfolio · contribution

progress

percentage

Proportion out of hundred

speed · remaining · elapsed · megabytes · gigabytes · kilobytes · estimating · queued · pending · paused

Categories
Opposites
data transfer direction

uploadingdownloading

Receiving digital data remotely

download · fetching · pulling · receiving · retrieving

data action

uploadingdeleting

Removing from existence

erasing · removing · clearing · wiping · purging

content sharing

uploadingtaking down

Recording in writing

unpublishing · removing · withdrawing · retracting · archiving

Phrases
Family

load, unload, overload, loading, upload, reload, uploads, uploaded, downloadable

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G