tech Q - "downloading" ?

[mex]

Probably elementary school stuff and I really should know this but-

for something to be classed as "downloaded" does it need to to have been "saved" (ie to my docs, c-drive whatever.....)?

If you view a pic (say from a link you find on good old On-Topic BGAFD Forum) but dont "save" it, has it been "downloaded" or not?

thanks (and sorry )!

[Holden MacGroyn]

For something to have been downloaded, it needs to be on your hard drive.

Some pictures may remain in your temporary internet folder or program files, but you have to sift thru the lot to find them.
Best just right click and save.

[mart]

I think mex is more concerned about not saving/downloading. I think what stays on your TempInternetFiles depends on your settings.

Mart

[mex]

It was just to end an argument I had with a mate in the pub. This lad reckons that once you bring a page/pic up on the screen it is downloaded, but I disagree. Surely it is only downloaded if you choose to save it, such as you would with an mpeg or particularly sexy pic?

If every thing you looked at was downloaded your drive would soon explode du to being to full! surely I'm right on this one?

thanks lads

[philk]

Your friend is pretty much correct I'm afraid, it has been downloaded in the sense most people would understand the term - i.e. the data has been transferred from the server to your PC. Whether or not it's actually written to your hard disk is another matter, though I imagine most browsers will do so as a matter of course, even if only to a temporary file that's later deleted (depending on your settings).