In plain English
This means getting your own distinct file onto the device you are using. The document is taken from its online location and saved there as a separate copy, rather than existing only online.
In context
Here, it labels the action of saving a separate copy of the online document onto your device.
- Situation
- Creating, saving, sharing, versioning, and restoring files
- What it communicates
- labels the action for saving a separate local file from the online document.
Meaning limits
This term only covers transferring and saving a separate copy onto your device, not what happens to the original online document.
Examples
“Rather than keep the report open in the browser, he downloaded a copy to his phone.”
“The clerk asked Mara to download a copy of the receipt onto her tablet.”