Uploading and downloading

I heard Chris say in a recent video that when you download something from the internet, you also upload it back. Could someone explain to me why this happens, the process of it, and what it actually does?

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asked Jul 21 '11 at 03:08

gtgm_110
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I thought you were asking something else. That doesn't make any sense at all.

(Jul 21 '11 at 06:56) zman

What doesn't make any sense? My question, or what you thought I was asking?

(Jul 28 '11 at 01:16) gtgm_110

What Chris supposedly said. Uploading and downloading are 2 different things and although certain web browsers and operating systems do upload information to the web when a download occurs, the upload is not a feature of downloading and does not always happen when downloading.

(Jul 28 '11 at 01:53) zman

Oh, ok. He said that in the video where he interviewed Andre Vrignaud

(Aug 01 '11 at 04:22) gtgm_110

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I think that, upload data of what you are downloading to the source server to make graffic's and stuff like that(how many times downloaded , what has the max speed that people have when downloading etc) , and to your ISP , if you have cap to update the bandwidth that you have spent. Correct me if i'm wrong.

answered Jul 21 '11 at 09:49

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edited Jul 21 '11 at 09:50

0	but where does it upload to, i knew it uploads something but where is it stored back on the source's servers? answered Jul 21 '11 at 05:04 pjob797 2.6k●38●49●82

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