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The domain name download is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet. It was admitted in the expansion of the top-level domain initiative of ICANN. It is intended to be used by companies or individuals offering downloadable content globally.

The domain launched in 2013-2014. Domain name registrations will be available from ICANN accredited registrars.

Second-level subdomains, e.g. example.download, may be registered. It will also be possible to register an e-mail address of the form name@example.download.

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Download

In computer networks, to download is to receive data from a remote system, typically a server such as a web server, an FTP server, an email server, or other similar systems. This contrasts with uploading, where data is sent to a remote server..

A download is a file offered for downloading or that has been downloaded, or the process of receiving such a file.

Definition

Downloading generally transfers the whole data object for local storage and later use, as contrasted with streaming, where the data is used nearly immediately, while the transmission is still in progress, and which may not be stored long-term.

Increasingly, websites that offer streaming media or media displayed in-browser, such as YouTube, and which place restrictions on the ability of users to save these materials to their computers after they have been received, forbid downloading in the sense of "receive and save" rather than simply "receive". Downloading is not the same as "transferring" (i.e., sending/receiving data between two storage devices would be a transferral of data, but receiving data from the Internet would be considered a download).

Download (game show)

Download is an Australian children's game show aired on the Nine Network in 2000 until 2002, It hosted by Scott McRae in 2000-2001 and it replaced Now You See It, Nathan Lloyd in 2001-2002 and Emily Jade O'Keefe in 2002. The co-host is Miss Bytes (shown on TV in the studio).

Format

Round 1 & 2 (Small Screen Game)

Miss Bytes will introduce the first 2 players. The round works with choosing one category, the host will give one letter on the bottom of the screen, another letter will be at the top of the screen, a player gets it correctly gets 1 point and downloading the letter down and the player who got it right will take the answer correctly will get 4 points (in total 5 points). After a contestant says the answer at the top of the screen and then downloaded the letter that was on the top of the screen before and the contestant doesn't know the main answer, if this occurs a letter will be at the top of the screen for someone to guess it, downloading the letter and until someone guesses the main answer right. Sometimes when a letter is on the top of the screen, if 2 contestants do not press the buzzers in time or one contestant guesses the wrong answer/doesn't know and then the other contestant guesses the wrong answer/doesn't know, the host will give the answer and then download the letter and back at the top of the screen to attempt the correct answer. The player with 10 or more points will win that round and come back in Round 3. Round 2 is the same thing but with different players. The player with the least points will get prizes. The categories used were Screen Dreams, Planet Earth, Sounds, True Blue, Techno & Sweating It Out.

Music download

A music download is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a home computer, MP3 player or Smart Phone. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or legal payment. According to a Nielsen report, downloadable music accounted for 55.9% of all music sales in the US in 2012. As of January 2011, Apple's iTunes Store alone made $1.1 billion of revenue in the first quarter of its fiscal year.

Online music stores

Popular online music stores that sell downloadable singles and albums include the iTunes Store, Amazon MP3, fairsharemusic, eMusic, Google Play, CD Universe, Nokia Music Store, TuneTribe, Xbox Music and MyMusic.com.ng. Paid downloads are sometimes encoded with Digital Rights Management that restricts copying the music or playing purchased songs on certain digital audio players. They are almost always compressed using a lossy codec (usually MPEG-1 Layer 3, Windows Media, or AAC), which reduces file size and bandwidth requirements. These music resources have been created as a response to expanding technology and needs of customers that wanted easy, quick access to music. Their business models respond to the "download revolution" by making legal services attractive for users.

Download (TV series)

Download (formerly Friday Night Download) is an Australian TV show hosted by Friday Night Games hosts Mike Goldman, Ryan Fitzgerald and Bree Amer. The show first aired on 26 October 2007. A second series began on 17 October 2008, but the show was pulled from schedules only two episodes into its run.

Overview

Download showcased video clips collected from the Internet, such as those hosted on YouTube and Google Video. The show also prompted viewers to submit their own videos to the show.

Download also labels the hosts' top 5 favourite video downloads, each one shown just before a commercial break.

Regular segments

Series two introduces several new segments:

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald TV critic noted that the videos shown on the show could be viewed as easily on the internet without advertisement breaks, and as such claimed it should be "hosed off the pavement forthwith".

Download (band)

Download is a Canadian electronic music group formed by Dwayne Goettel and cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy in 1994. The initial lineup also included Off & Gone's Phil Western and Mark Spybey of Dead Voices on Air, but has since been particularly fluid, with Key and Western being the only constant members following Goettel's death. Download's music has been described as post-industrial, drawing from the band's genesis as part of Skinny Puppy but also sharing common stylistic ground with such artists as Aphex Twin and Autechre. The primary instrumentation common throughout their albums is a blend of synthesizers and sampled instruments; the music is particularly centered on elements of percussion and rhythm.

Other artists that have been involved are Genesis P. Orridge, Anthony Valcic, Bill Van Rooy, and Ken Marshall. Earlier releases frequently included vocal elements and lyrics, but since III (and Mark Spybey's departure in 1996) their work has been strictly instrumental.

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