DOWNLOADとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• DL, dl, d/l, D/L

語源

From down- +‎ load. Verbal form first appears c. 1962 in the Wichita Falls (Texas) Times. Nominal form first appears c. 1977 in Scientific American.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation)
  • (noun) IPA: /ˈdaʊnˌləʊd/
  • (verb) IPA: /ˌdaʊnˈləʊd/
  • 韻: (verb) -əʊd
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈdaʊnˌloʊd/

名詞

download (plural downloads)

1. A file transfer to a given computer or device from a remote one through a network connection.

   The download took longer than I expected.

2. A file that has been or is intended to be transferred in this way.

   I got the download but it wouldn't work on my computer.

   • 2007, Barbara Ellen Harris, I Am So Pissed!:

     The blue sites will be blocked on all school computers, and no email or instant messaging will be set up or permitted. These student computers would strictly be for school use. Teachers will be able to request downloads from students' jumpdrives.

等位語

• upload

派生語

派生した語

動詞

download (third-person singular simple present downloads, present participle downloading, simple past and past participle downloaded)

1. (transitive, computing) To transfer data to a given computer from a remote one via a network.

   You can download a trial version of the program for thirty days to determine whether you want to purchase the full version.

   • 2005, Preston Gralla, Windows XP Power Hound: Teach Yourself New Tricks, page 179:

     You can download Google's deskbar for free […]

   • 2007 September 7, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 3:

     Voiceover: You wouldn't steal a handbag. You wouldn't steal a car. You wouldn't steal a baby. You wouldn't shoot a policeman and then steal his helmet. You wouldn't go to the toilet in his helmet and then send it to the policeman's grieving widow and then steal it again. Downloading films is stealing. If you do it you WILL face the consequences.
     Roy: Man, these anti-piracy ads are getting really mean.

   • 2012, Rebecca K. Miller, Carolyn Meier, Heather Moorfield-Lang, Rethinking Reference and Instruction with Tablets, page 38:

     Finally, some e-content must first be downloaded to a computer before being transferred to a tablet or other mobile device for viewing.

   • 2014 July 25, Suzanne Goldenberg, “Apple eyes solar to power the cloud and iPhone 6 sapphire manufacturing”, in The Guardian‎:

     With Apple’s solar farm, customers could now be confident that downloading an app or video-chatting a friend would not increase carbon pollution, Jackson said.

   • 2022 February 15, David Goldman, “Why your Wordle answers might now be different than your friends’”, in CNN Business‎:

     That original list of 2,315 solutions was embedded in the game’s code. That means the game was playable offline and could be downloaded onto phones or computers. The solutions to the original Wordle game were predetermined through October 20, 2027. The New York Times (NYT) hasn’t said if it plans to make any more changes or additions to that initial list.

2. (transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of upload: to send data from a given computer to a remote one.
3. (transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of copy: to transfer data to or from removable media.

   When I was your age, there were no flash drives. I needed to download photos to a CD-ROM.

4. (transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of install: to load software forced.
5. (transitive, firearms) To load a gun (especially a muzzle-loader) with less propellant than its designed load.
6. (transitive, Canada) To transfer jurisdiction and responsibility of a government asset or service to a lower level of government.
   • 2008, Allister Thompson, Mike Harris, The Canadian Encyclopedia:

     In 1997, The Harris government also downloaded a number of social services to municipal governments, including affordable housing.

上位語

• copy, move, transfer

等位語

• upload

派生語

派生した語

• → Danish: downloade
• → Dutch: downloaden
• → German: downloaden; herunterladen (calque)
• → Lao: ດາວໂຫຼດ (dāo lōt)
• → Malay: muat turun (calque)
• → Maltese: ddawnlowdja
• → Thai: ดาวน์โหลด (daao-lòot)

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