predownload
predownload verb: to download in advance.
Verb
predownload (third-person singular simple present predownloads, present participle predownloading, simple past and past participle predownloaded)
- To download in advance.
- Word 6.0 for Windows: I need to merge a form letter that has a signature graphic which increases file size significantly. Using the standard merge, the volume/printer speed is too slow. Is there any way to predownload the form letter only 1 time into the printer memory and then add the merged data...1996 March 27, Sara L. Danke, “Merge to form preloaded printer mem?”, in bit.mailserv.word-pc (Usenet)
- You know how you use Javascript^([sic]) to change buttons using OnMouseOver/OnMouseOut (essentially two graphics per button) - how can I predownload ALL the necessary button images to the person's machine so it's in the cache?1997 April 1, [Mark Gabriel] <gabrielm@cc.umanitoba.ca>, “Q: pre-downloading images”, in comp.lang.javascript (Usenet)
Noun
predownload (plural predownloads)
- A download made in advance.
- I obtained the script below because of a problem I was having with a slideshow. The show has 50 jpg images and because of sizes, a predownload is not feasible.1999 November 23, Handi, “Why Doesn't This Script Work?”, in comp.lang.javascript (Usenet)
- Had 90 minutes of downloading, even with the predownloads I had done the week before.2004 September 15, Davian, “How I spent my Tuesday evening.”, in alt.games.everquest (Usenet)
Examples of predownload in a sentence
- Is there any way to predownload the form letter only 1 time into the printer memory and then add the merged data record by record to speed this process up?1996 March 27, Sara L. Danke, “Merge to form preloaded printer mem?”, in bit.mailserv.word-pc (Usenet):
- And if you don't want to download it before reading it, then get a newsreader that doesn't predownload everything.1997 May 28, Roger Pate, “Javascript^([sic]) Reference”, in comp.lang.javascript (Usenet):
- It was a predownload and did not come with a disk.2009 December 19, mrcrimson, “Error code 80070490”, in microsoft.public.windowsupdate (Usenet):
Forms of predownload
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | predownloads |
| present participle | predownloading |
| past participle | predownloaded |
| past | predownloaded |
| Noun | |
| plural | predownloads |
Origin of predownload
From pre- + download.
Questions about predownload
- What does predownload mean?
- Predownload means to download in advance.
- How do you use predownload in a sentence?
- Is there any way to predownload the form letter only 1 time into the printer memory and then add the merged data record by record to speed this process up?
- What part of speech is predownload?
- Predownload can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of predownload?
- The past tense of predownload is predownloaded.
Words near predownload in the dictionary
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