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Downloading is the process of receiving digital data from another computer, either over a local-area-network or a wide-area-network (i.e. the internet).

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How to download video with blob url?

I am trying to download video with src url blob:https%3A//www.youtube.com/23aea5c8-9ae2-40dc-9417-e675ea99b386. Is there a process that can be followed to download all this type of videos?
vinesh
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Does 5 GB of jpeg images take the same amount of time to download and/or import as 5 GB of plain text?

Just wondering, since right now I'm importing all my pictures from a CD my dad burned for me. I was curious if 5 GB of pictures took the same exact amount of time as 5 GB of text when doing these kinds of transfers. Since there might be 'overhead'…
Dark Templar
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What happens when a file download is cancelled?

I have often wondered this. If I attempt to download a large file, but get bored half way (let's say 50% downloaded) through and cancel the download, what happens to the 50% of the data that was "downloaded"?
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Where to download a lot of digits of pi?

Where could I find a large amount of digits of pi? I have already calculated 3.14 billion using PiFast (works well under wine). I don't care about slow download speeds.
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can I download a raw file from Google's cache?

I want to download a file that is in Google's cache at webcache.googleusercontent.com. It is a plain text source code file and I would like to download it as a raw file so that it is intact. The Google cache pages have a header and a certain amount…
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How can I know the file size of the downloaded file before downloading it?

How can I know the file size of the downloaded file before downloading it?
LanceBaynes
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How can I download a file directly to a web server?

I'd like to download files directly to a hosted server, whether it's one I set up myself or a hosted service like Dropbox. For example, when I download a podcast, instead of downloading it to my computer then uploading it to the server, how can I…
matt
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how to continue downloading .part file

How to continue downloading .part file. I am downloading a trial of windows home server but when I turned the computer on. It said that the download could not continue. How can I continue it?
Wern Ancheta
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How to bulk save images from URLs

I have 1,200 URLs that point to images. I'd like to save them all to my hard drive. How can I accomplish this with one bulk operation?
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Why most of RAR files I download are corrupted?

I usually download using IDM and all of my downloads are direct links. I had an old computer before and I used to download from certain sites without no problem. Other users don't have any problems too. But recently I use a new computer and I use…
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Downloading from web versus installation

I have just downloaded a computer game which is around 2GB. My download speed was pretty fast, almost 30mbps. But when it comes to install the game on my computer, why is it that slow? I mean, I don't understand the downloading process because the…
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Download manager with import

I have a big list of URL's that I want to download, BUT each file needs to be downloaded to a specific filename + directory. But all download managers I tried can only import a list of URL's, but cannot specify a filename..
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Files partially downloading

I'm getting an odd problem when I try to download files from the internet. Typically the file appears to download correctly, but when I try to run it, I get an error message saying is not a valid win32 application. On inspection the size of…
Urbycoz
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Why do my download speeds drastically vary during a download?

I watch the download speed rise and fall like waves in a storm. At night, during low bandwidth usage I have achieve speeds as high as 3.23 M/sec but the watch them decline to 250 K/sec. and then climb back up. Over and over. During the day my best…
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What to do with infinite downloads

What do I do when I see something like this? It really sucks if you want to download something and this one shows up.
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