Downloads and Uploads

Whats the difference between uploads and downloads?

Maybe a stupid question but im bored and i cant answer any questions thanks to this great policy yahoo has. So what is the difference and why cant they both be classified as downloads?

Public Comments

1. Downloading is retrieving a file from a server. (Loading it Down-Stream) Uploading is sending a file to the server. (Loading it Up-Stream).
2. uploads are content that is submitted by a user of the service. Downloads are content that is available to download for the user. Upload means sending data away from your computer. Download means retrieving data to your computer.
3. Upload to anywhere but your computer/PC and download to your work station (computer/PC).
4. Well, an upload is going to come from your computer and travel up your PC to the internet. A download is going to come from the internet down into your computer. So they are not both downloads because one is coming down the pipe the other is going up.
5. A download is a file you save from the Internet to your computer. An upload is a file you send or post on an Internet web-page or file attachments to an email.
6. A download is when you put data from the internet on you computer. An upload is when you put data on the internet from your computer.