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Upload document

To upload a document is to transfer a document file from a local device to a remote computer system over a network.

In plain English

This means sending a document file from a device you are using to a computer system somewhere else. The file travels across a network so the remote system receives it.

In context

Here, it requests that a document file be sent from the user's device over a network to the remote system as part of the task or submission.

Situation
Using identity, tax, and citizen portals for login, verification, submissions, and notices
What it communicates
requests adding a document file to the portal task or submission

Meaning limits

By itself, this term does not identify which document is required or state any result after the file is transferred.

Examples

“Lina uploaded the document from her phone to the archive server over a mobile network.”

Core meaning

“The form asks each applicant to upload the document with the rest of the submission.”

In context

  • upload file Broader Term

    A document is one kind of file, so this action is a narrower case of uploading a file.

  • download document Opposite

    This reverses the transfer direction for a document file.