XPost: comp.lang.c, comp.lang.c++, comp.lang.python   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android   
   From: invalid@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 2015-12-02, Richard Heathfield  wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   That's sort of the usage I'm used to, but it probably has more to do   
   with network topology than CPU power.  Servers on the internet are at   
   the top of the diagram, and embedded devices that can't access the   
   internet directly are at the bottom with my PC somewhere in the   
   middle.   
      
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