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On 12/2/2015 8:37 AM, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
> Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>:
>
>> On 2015-12-01, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> download is initiated by the recipient; an upload is initiated by the
>>> sender.
>>
>> Nope.  It doesn't depend on who initiated the transfer, up/down is a
>> direction. I upload things to the Host on the Internet, and I download
>> things to the circuit board on my bench.  In both cases I initiate the
>> transaction
>
> Forget the ups and downs and just load the file.


Nowadays I suspect push and pull are better terms.

Emile