uploads

Transfers to server

Uploads are files transferred from a local device to a remote server or network location.

The term covers both the act of transferring and the files themselves: Check your uploads folder, The upload failed halfway through.

To upload is to send data outward—the opposite of download.

Upload speed, often slower than download speed on home internet connections, determines how quickly you can share files, post videos, or back up data to the cloud.

content

video

Recorded moving imagery

media · YouTube · Instagram · Facebook · TikTok · blog · vlog · podcast · streaming · post

files

cloud

Atmospheric water vapor mass

WeTransfer · attachment · sync · download · shareable · FTP · torrent · peer-to-peer · cyberlocker · hosting

data

bandwidth

Data transmission capacity

encryption · compression · database · transfer · synchronization · throughput · capacity · traffic · congestion · scalability

volume

increase

Growth in amount

growth · peak · demand · saturation · throttle · limit · quota · cap · overflow · backlog

Categories
Opposites
data transfer direction

uploadsdownloads

Files received electronically

retrieves · fetches · pulls · receives · imports

content availability action

uploadsdownloads

Files received electronically

deletes · retrievals · removes · takes down · unpublishes

Phrases
Family

upload, uploaded, uploading, reupload, reuploaded, reuploads, uploader, uploaders, reuploading

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