What does export file mean?

Why would you need to export a file?

1. To export is the steps of taking data from one program or computer to another. Exporting can be used as a method of backing up important data or moving data between two different versions of programs.

When you export a file where does it go?

Your browser should save exports you've downloaded in your computer's Downloads folder.

What is the difference between import and export files?

Similarly, in computer terminology, "import" means to bring a file from a different program into the one you're using, and "export" means to save a file in a way that a different program can use it.

What is the difference between download and export?

"Export" is a more general term used to describe sending something somewhere else, but in software it very often involves downloading, like how exporting contacts to . csv will provide you with a . csv to download. "Download" is specific to simply copy/saving a file from the internet in this case.