# upload

Pronunciation: US say "UP-lohd" /ˈʌpˌloʊd/; UK say "up-LOHD" /əpˈləʊd/

## Verb

1. To send data across a network to another computer, especially to an internet server.
   - Simple: To send files, like photos or videos, from your phone or computer to the internet.
   - _Researchers upload their datasets to a shared repository at the end of each week._
   - _The backup uploads automatically every night at midnight._
3. To give a higher level of government both responsibility for a public asset or service and authority over it. *(Canada)*
   - Simple: To move control of a public service or property to a higher level of government.
   - _City councilors voted to upload ambulance services to the county._
   - _The state uploaded responsibility for the courts from county governments decades ago._

## Noun

Pronunciation: say "UP-lohd" US /ˈʌpˌloʊd/, UK /ˈʌpˌləʊd/

2. An instance of transferring data or files to a server or another computer on a network.
   - Simple: The act of sending a file from your phone or computer to the internet or another computer.
   - _The site limits each upload to two gigabytes._
   - _Several large uploads slowed the office network on Friday afternoon._

## Origin

Formed from the prefix 'up-' combined with 'load'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/upload (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).