Sideload
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Sideload, also known as transload, is a term used in internet culture, similar to "upload" and "download". It is the process of moving data between two computers without involving the local computer in the process.
Sideload is now becoming the popular term for getting music files from the internet to peripheral devices such as cell phones and PDAs. It can also mean getting music from a PC to a cell phone.
For example, moving a music file from John's web server directly to Jane's web server is considered sideloading.
While this process is technically downloading from one server onto another, the term sideload was created to avoid confusion related to the popular notion of download referring to a file coming from the internet onto someone's personal computer.
The term "sideload" has been in use since the 1950's and likely earlier in the scientific field.
In a video on the U.S. Department of Energy Nevada Test Site web page regarding the 1958 Operation Hardtack nuclear tests,[1] the term "sideload computations" is used by the narrator in reference to comparing data between "measured" and "analytical" responses; i.e. determining efficiency between calculated and measured results.
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