Upload

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  upload
       v : transfer a file or program to a central computer from a
           smaller computer or a computer at a remote location [ant:
            {download}]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:



  upload /uhp'lohd/ v. 1. [techspeak] To transfer programs or data over a
     digital communications link from a system near you (especially a smaller
     or peripheral `client' system) to one further away from you (especially
     a larger or central `host' system). A transfer in the other direction
     is, of course, called a {download} 2. [speculatively] To move the
     essential patterns and algorithms that make up one's mind from one's
     brain into a computer. Those who are convinced that such patterns and
     algorithms capture the complete essence of the self view this prospect
     with pleasant anticipation.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  upload
       
          /uhp'lohd/ To transfer programs or data over a digital
          communications link from a smaller or peripheral "client"
          system to a larger or central "host" one.
       
          Opposite: {download}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1994-10-27)