What Is a Download?

Download (xià zài , Download) refers to copying files from an FTP server to your own computer. To access an independent FTP server, you need to use FTP client software. There are many dedicated FTP client software with different functions for you to choose from. To access the WWW server with embedded FTP, only a browser is required. The browser is not only a WWW client program, but also has an embedded FTP function. It can be used as an FTP client program. You can use it to download files from the FTP server or upload files to the FTP server.

Download refers to copying files from an FTP server to your computer. To access an independent FTP server, you need to use FTP client software. There are many dedicated FTP client software with different functions for you to choose from. To access the WWW server with embedded FTP, only a browser is required. The browser is not only a WWW client program, but also has an embedded FTP function. It can be used as an FTP client program. You can use it to download files from the FTP server or upload files to the FTP server.

The early method of downloading files from an FTP server was to directly access a known FTP server with FTP software (ftp.exe), and use a set of prescribed commands to obtain the files, that is, the command method, but this method is inconvenient to use and is rarely Someone used it. Currently, there are three main methods for downloading files from the Internet:

(1) Download directly from the webpage or FTP site;

(2) Download software with resume download;

(3) With

Hyperlinks for software downloads have been established on some webpages, so that users can download directly through the hyperlinks, that is, the FTP service is embedded. Some FTP servers can only download files by command, while others provide services in the form of FTP sites. Users can directly access the FTP site through a browser to download software.

Download Download files directly from web pages

(1) Click the software download link on the web page (when the mouse is pointing at the software download link, the location of the program is displayed in the status bar)

(2) In the [File Download] dialog box, select the download method;

(3) If software capable of processing the file is installed in your computer, please select [Open in current file location]. In this way, Internet Explorer will download the file and at the same time look for a software that can open the program to open the program. For example, if you download a compressed file (.zip), Internet Explorer will look for a decompression program, such as WinZip for Windows 95, to open it; if your computer does not have the software to handle the download program temporarily, select [Save File To disk]. At this point, Internet Explorer will copy the program to your hard drive. You can open it again when you get the software to open it. Or copy it to another computer for use.

Download a link from the download page

(1) In the webpage, right-click the link to be downloaded, and a shortcut menu pops up on the screen;

(2) Click [Save Target As], the [File Download] dialog box appears on the screen, and then the [Save As] dialog box appears;

(3) In the [File name] box, type the name of the file where the link content is saved; In the [Save in] box, specify the folder where the file is saved;

(4) Click [Save]. ^[1]