XPost: comp.lang.c, comp.lang.c++, comp.lang.python   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android   
   From: rjh@cpax.org.uk   
      
   On 02/12/15 08:57, Juha Nieminen wrote:   
   > In comp.lang.c++ Steve Hayes  wrote:   
   >> You download things FROM a computer, you upload them TO a computer.   
   >   
   > It's a matter of perspective. If a hacker breaks into your computer and   
   > starts a download from somewhere else into your computer, isn't the hacker   
   > "downloading" things to your computer?   
      
   My understanding of the term has always been that you upload from a   
   smaller device to a larger, and download from a larger device to a   
   smaller. Thus, from your laptop you might *up*load data to a Web server   
   or a mainframe, but you would *down*load data to your phone or tablet.   
      
   If the devices are of comparable size and power, you aren't upping or   
   downing anything - you're just transferring data from one computer to   
   another. I suppose we could say "crossloading"?   
      
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