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It feels like the project uses "download" and "upload" the wrong way. Surely transferring files from the disc drive to the pc using a piece of software on the
by 0x0 7y ago
It feels like the project uses "download" and "upload" the wrong way.
Surely transferring files from the disc drive to the pc using a piece of software on the pc should be considered "downloading"?
- fest 7y agoDepends on your frame of reference. Industrial programmable logic controller (PLC) programming environments I've worked with also use "upload" for uploading program from PLC to PC and "download" from PC to PLC. Might be related to the fact that PC is usually placed on top of wiring cabinet, so PC is located upwards from PLC :)
- unixhero 7y agoSo.. in this way: The Minidisc Player is the world. As such you download content or data from the real world down to it, and you upload data up to the real world from it.
- 0x0 7y agoBut, the software that performs the transfer runs on the PC, and it is the one receiving data. Even Wikipedia defines "downloading" as "receiving data"...
- jonhohle 7y agoThey are commands sent to the MD to perform. Imagine the NetMD protocol was something like SSH with `[command]` specified.
- StavrosK 7y agoAgreed, "download", to me, means that the computer on which I'm initiating the action will receive the data. If I'm clicking a "download" button on the PC, I expect the PC to receive data.