sideloading
sideloading is the present participle and gerund of sideload.
Meaning of sideload
Verb
sideload (third-person singular simple present sideloads, present participle sideloading, simple past and past participle sideloaded)
- To transfer data between two local devices, rather than to or from a remote device.
- I'm going to sideload my computer's address book onto my mobile phone.
- To install an app on a mobile device by using any app store that doesn't come preinstalled like Google Play or Apple App Store. Or installing an app from an installation package. (.apk/.ipa)
- Developer: I'm not paying 25$ to Google to put my free app on Google Play. User: I'm fine sideloading it from F-Droid. Thank you for the free app!
Questions about sideloading
- What is sideloading the present participle and gerund of?
- Sideloading is the present participle and gerund of sideload.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sideloading (page history and authors); sideload (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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