# download (digital)

to receive data from a network into a local device

- Computed level: L10 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: common  ·  Arena: lexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [data](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-data.information), [network](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-network.system), [receive](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-receive.communication), [device](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-device.tool), [local](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-local.spatial)

**Through:** Data from a network is received through communication into a device located in the local spatial context.

**Novel properties:**
- remote-to-local transfer
- system-mediated reception
- digital acquisition

## Examples
- In 2023, a Raspberry Pi downloaded the Linux kernel from mirrors.kernel.org to boot. *(computing)*
- The Hubble Space Telescope receives scientific data from NASA's Deep Space Network each week. *(engineering)*
- Every morning, the New York Times app on an iPhone downloads the latest edition over cellular. *(everyday life)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-download.digital*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-download.digital.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*