What's Downloading, Anyhow?
Downloading is the act of copying a computer file from a server, through the Net, to your computer so you can use it there, just as if you had installed it from a disk or CD-ROM.
Click a Link, Get a File
Whether you've thought about it or not, when you're on the Web, you're really downloading all the time. For example, every time you open a Web page, the files that make up that page are temporarily copied from the server to your computer.
But here we're talking more deliberate downloading: You locate a link in a Web page that points to a file or program you want (see Figure 13.1). To download the file, click the link, and then follow any prompts that appear. It's really that simple.
Figure 13.1. You can download files ...
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