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From: Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
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To: Kris Warkentin <kewarken@qnx.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] upload/download command
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> I would say the most common meaning for upload is to push something onto a
> remote target and download means to pull something off a remote.  Ie. "I
> just downloaded 10 GB of pr0n from that server." or "I just uploaded the
> virus to the mainframe."
> 
> This is the sense in which we use the terms.

Interesting, I was thinking of the exact reverse.  Looks like another 
up/down problem.  Are there other terms?  FTP's "put" and "get"?

Andrew