Real Dictionary

download
verb: To download data or software means to transfer it to your computer or phone from another device or from the internet.

download in American English
to transfer electronically (a copy of a file or program) from a central computer, bulletin board, etc. to a terminal, personal computer, etc.
transitive verb: to transfer (software, data, character sets, etc.) from a distant to a nearby computer, from a larger to a smaller computer, or from a computer to a peripheral device

download in British English
to copy or transfer (data or a program) into the memory of one computer system from a larger one
noun: a file transferred onto a computer from another computer or the internet