predownload

present singular third person predownloads · participle present predownloading · participle past predownloaded · past predownloaded

1. To download in advance.

   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)

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   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 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)

   You mentioned human etiquette, yet you wasted my time with your post and my reply (not to mention everyone else's who reads these and wastes their time on it), and this is way longer than the two minutes (only a minute and a half on mine and some other people's computers) it would have taken to download that. 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)

plural predownloads

1. rareA download made in advance.

   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)

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   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)

   I have Windows Vista Business Svc Pk 2. It was a predownload and did not come with a disk.

   2009 December 19, mrcrimson, “Error code 80070490”, in microsoft.public.windowsupdate (Usenet)