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Revision as of 15:08, March 31, 2016
An upload is the act of sending files from a local workstation to a remote workstation.
The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is the Internet facility for downloading and uploading files. (If you are uploading a file to another site, you must usually have permission in advance to access the site and the directory where the file is to be placed.)[1]
| SPEEDS[2] |
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| Dial-up: Up to 54 Kb/s |
| DSL: 54-2000 Kb/s |
| Cable: 1000-3000Kb/s |
The opposite of this activity is called, downloading. Uploading is usually slower than downloading. This is due to the bottleneck at the modem.