# What does polite download mean?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-does-polite-download-mean/221043>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 1, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-does-polite-download-mean/221043 "2007-04-01T00:35:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![somnamblst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@somnamblst](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/somnamblst)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-does-polite-download-mean/221043/1 "2007-04-01T00:35:10Z")

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I see references to it in rich media specs