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Uploading

Uploading refers to transmitting data from one computer system to another

through means of a network.[1] Common methods of uploading include:
uploading via web browsers, FTP clients, and terminals (SCP/SFTP). Uploading can
be used in the context of (potentially many) clients that send files to a
central server. While uploading can also be defined in the context of
sending files between distributed clients, such as with a peer-to-peer (P2P) file-
sharing protocol like BitTorrent, the term file sharing is more often used in this
case. Moving files within a computer system, as opposed to over a network, is
called file copying.

Uploading directly contrasts with downloading, where data is received over a
network. In the case of users uploading files over the internet like social
media uploading is often slower than downloading as many internet service
providers (ISPs) offer asymmetric connections, which offer more
network bandwidth for downloading than uploading.

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