You just answered it yourself - the action of retrieving a copy of data from the internet is called "downloading".
Downloading.
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In file sharing you transfer files from another computer connected to internet. While in case of downloading you receive files from dedicated servers.
downloading means transferring a copy of file of application from a remote server to your computer. Uploading, by contrast, is sending a file from your computer to a remote machine. The up/down terminology derives from the popular (mis)conception that the internet is somewhere 'up there' in the sky.
Downloading refers to retrieving a file from another computer over the Internet. As you browse the Internet each page and image you view is something your browser has downloaded to your computer.
You have to download movies/video to your computer from the Internet. If you are downloading a Torrent file, you will need a File Sharing program for downloads
Yes it does; how it works is utorrent is grabbing one piece at a time of the file you are downloading for other peoples computers. If you are still confused think of it this way pretend the file is made out of Lagos and when you start downloading utorrent takes a piece of a Lagos at a time and then builds the file.
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FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is an Internet protocol that allows file downloads and uploads. Other such internet protocols are torrent and P2P.
No you can't play Combat Arms without downloading it but if you download the file then go to www.combatarms.nexon.net the sign in then you can play from your internet brouser.
You can upload a file of any type to a web server. Beware that most users will take pause before downloading an executable file.
If you are wondering what the difference between uploading and downloading is, then uploading is putting a file from your computer onto the Internet. Downloading is the exact opposite. It is taking a file from the Internet and putting it on your computer. If you need any more help with computer basics, email me at epic0kyLe@yahoo.com. Yes, the "L" is supposed to be capital. Hope I helped!