The concept of Downloading

With the many different technologies which have been put in place one is able to do anything and everything with just a click of the mouse. In the last century the world has been bulldozed with the phenomena of downloading, this interesting concept allows one to acquire information, music, movies and games by a simple procedure. There are various websites one can log onto to obtain music etc. downloading has brought with it a convenience factor which has helped many people out there, instead of one going to the shops to go buy a movie or a CD, you now have the luxury of sitting in the comfort of your home or office in fort of your PC, and paying a fee to get the song or movie on the spot. Downloading can be defined as “To copy data (usually an entire file) from a main source to a peripheral device. The term is often used to describe the process of copying a file from an online service or bulletin board service (BBS) to one's own computer. Downloading can also refer to copying a file from a network file server to a computer on the network. In addition, the term is used to describe the process of loading a font into a laser printer. The font is first copied from a disk to the printer's local memory. A font that has been downloaded like this is called a soft font to distinguish it from the hard fonts that are permanently in the printer's memory.” (http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/d/download.html).

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