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To move a digital file (such as a media file) from a local system to a server where it is stored for others to access or later retrieval. For example, web pages must be "uploaded" to a web server for them to be viewed on the World Wide Web.
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"Uploading" a computer file is the process of transferring that file (document, picture, program, etc.) from the local device to a remote server computer to be accessed and downloaded by other devices and users remotely. All websites and webpages are actually computer file codes "uploaded" to a dedicated network-connected server computer to store that webpage information to be retrieved by every device worldwide to connect to that server computer and navigate the code information uploaded in that webpage file. Your local computer accesses and temporarily downloads the information to display the webpage for you.
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The terminology for "upload" and "download" comes from the days of satellite communications. When an earth-bound terminal send data to the remote computer (the satellite), it was uploaded, as the direction of data travel was up. When the terminal received data from the satellite, it was downloaded, as the directin of data travel was down.
Latest revision as of 02:04, 3 June 2026
"Uploading" a computer file is the process of transferring that file (document, picture, program, etc.) from the local device to a remote server computer to be accessed and downloaded by other devices and users remotely. All websites and webpages are actually computer file codes "uploaded" to a dedicated network-connected server computer to store that webpage information to be retrieved by every device worldwide to connect to that server computer and navigate the code information uploaded in that webpage file. Your local computer accesses and temporarily downloads the information to display the webpage for you.
