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to upload

to upload

8 8.6
To copy a person's mind into a computer or virtual world
  • verb
  • /ˈʌpˌloʊd/
translation icon : subir la conciencia
  • The question is how do we upload our consciousness to some sort of server present?
  • mind uploading
  • upload your consciousness
  • uploaded personality

When he gets uploaded to the cloud, he's going to get uploaded to the cloud.

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Examples

  • Suppose your mad scientist uploads all the data that specifies the atoms of your brain into a megacomputer.

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  • And keep the memory upload going at the same time.

  • Well, well, uploading your brain is a little bit later, but yes, we'll be able to.

  • And what is Mind-Uploading in the first place?

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  • Alex... we're gonna upload the entire DPD database into your brain.

  • IG-88 eventually uploads his consciousness into a computer core destined for Death Star II.

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  • People often dream of the day when they can upload their minds into a virtual world for eternity.

  • In the future, scientists may find a way to upload human consciousness into a digital format.

  • He hopes to upload his thoughts into a computer memory to preserve them forever.

Antonyms

to download
  • Texting
384 2.4

To save a file from the internet onto your computer or phone

Surface Forms

upload infinitive
uploaded past
uploaded past participle
uploading present participle
uploads third person singular

Morphology

upload = load (semi-transparent) = up + load

Morphologically it's 'up' + 'load', but the sense is a metaphorical extension to mental content, which is not a standard literal use for most learners.

Etymology

Upload in science fiction uses the same picture from up ('up') and load ('a thing you carry'). A helpful way to remember this sense is to imagine lifting your mind like a suitcase into the cloud, so to upload a person's mind is to copy their mind 'up' into a computer or virtual world.