How to say "download" in Japanese

• ダウンロードCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe common word for the basic sense of 'download': transferring a file, app, or other data from the internet onto your device. Use this as your default in both speech and writing.
  全角ぜんかく文字もじを含ふくむファイル名めいの場合ばあい、一部いちぶのＯＳでは文字もじ化ばけが生しょうじることがありますので、ダウンロードの際さいに適宜てきぎファイル名めいを変更へんこうしてください。↗

  On some OS's you get gibberish for filenames with full-width characters so when downloading please change to a suitable filename.
• ＤＬディー・エル
  nounA shortened form of ダウンロード with the same meaning. Being less common, it is mainly something you will meet in informal online writing; ダウンロード is the safer choice for your own sentences.

Both words cover the same sense of 'download', moving a file from the internet to a device, so the choice is one of form: 「ダウンロード」 is the common word, while ＤＬ is its less common abbreviation.

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• ダウンロードdownload
• ＤＬディー・エルdownload
• 落とすおとすto download