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On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 6:05 AM, Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> wrote:
> On 2015-12-01, Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
>> You download things FROM a computer, you upload them TO a computer.
>
> I'm a little bit confused as to what kinds of file transfers
> you think don't have at least two endpoints.

>From some other computer to the one you're controlling it from. A
download is initiated by the recipient; an upload is initiated by the
sender.

ChrisA