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==Types of uploading==

===Client-to-server uploading=== 
Transmitting a local file to a remote system following the [[client–server model]], e.g., a web browser transferring a video to a website, is called '''client-to-server uploading'''.

===Remote uploading===
Transferring data from one [[Remote administration|remote system]] to another remote system under the control of a local system is called '''remote uploading''' or site-to-site transferring. This is used when a local computer has a slow connection to the remote systems, but these systems have a fast connection between them. Without remote uploading functionality, the data would have to first be downloaded to the local system and then uploaded to the remote server, both times over a slower connection. Remote uploading is used by some online [[Comparison of file hosting services |file hosting services]]. Another example can be found in FTP clients, which often support the [[File eXchange Protocol]] (FXP) in order to instruct two [[Comparison of FTP server software packages|FTP servers]] with high-speed connections to exchange files. A web-based example is the [[Uppy file uploader]] that can transfer files from a user's [[cloud storage]] such as [[Dropbox (service)|Dropbox]], directly to a website without first going to the user's device.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://davidwalsh.name/uppy-file-uploading|title=Uppy File Uploading|last=Walsh|first=David|date=11 June 2018|access-date=11 June 2020}}</ref>

===Peer-to-peer=== 
'''Peer-to-peer''' (P2P) is a [[Distributed computing|decentralized]] communications model in which each party has the same capabilities, and either party can initiate a communication session. Unlike the client–server model, in which the client makes a service request and the server fulfils the request (by sending or accepting a file transfer), the [[peer-to-peer|P2P]] network model allows each [[Node (networking)|node]] to function as both client and server. [[BitTorrent]] is an example of this, as is the [[InterPlanetary File System]] (IPFS). Peer-to-peer allows users to both ''receive'' (download) and ''host'' (upload) content. Files are transferred directly between the users' computers. The same file transfer constitutes an upload for one party, and a download for the other party.