terminology

[dustypuss]

when or why did the term down loading suddenly change to up loading

[Doc Spock]

It didn't, they are two different functions.

You UPLOAD a video to you tube.

DOWNLOAD a film from a torrent site.

[Doc Spock]

In other words you either put it in or take it out.

[dustypuss]

thank you

[fo3nix]

Just to elaborate a bit, then can be the same thing, depending on which side of the transfer you're looking from.

Say you send something to another computer. It's going out of your computer to their computer. So you're uploading.

But this person is receiving your stuff. So they're downloading from you.

As the above say, sending out means you're uploading. Getting stuff means you're downloading. But depending what side of the transfer you're on, it can be either one.

[rojash]

... and just to obfuscate that a bit: reading some of the posts on here, it's quite clear that many people who now use computers have no idea of the correct terminology, so you will quite often find people talking about (for example) downloading, when a careful read of their post reveals that what they actually mean is "installing".

[kujawski]

i prefer to call it a file dump

[rojash]

You can call it that if you like, kujawski, but that don't make it correct :-)

[dustypuss]

bring back the Sinclair 48k spectrum all i had to do then was by a tape and (load" ")

[ACtheTROLL]

obfuscate - now that's my word of the week!!!!! ;-)

if you upload a film ... how much memory would it use on the discy thing?

kuja ... I could take dump ... In fact I do most mornings .... at about 06:30 (unfortunately I don't get out of bed 'till 07:30 ;(.

[rojash]

Ah, ACtheTROLL, my friend, when you get to my age you will have learnt how to get comfortable sleeping on the toilet.

[kujawski]

Bring back the Beeb!!!