Crossload

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Parts of this article are based on the Jargon File, v. 4.4.7,
a public domain document of hacker jargon.

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crossload
Usage: v. n.
Derivation: Proposed, by analogy with upload and download


crossload: v. n.

[proposed, by analogy with upload and download] To move files between machines on a peer-to-peer network of nodes that act as both servers and clients for a distributed file store. Esp. appropriate for anonymized networks like Gnutella and Freenet.

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Source: crossload, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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