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title: Data transfer and synchronization
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  The player transfers a file or message between devices, selecting data,
  direction and transfer conditions.
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  - Data
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  - id: source-839dfd6aadadd7e9
    title: Hacknet
    url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/365450/'
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    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: Data transfer and synchronization
    description: >-
      The player transfers a file or message between devices, selecting data,
      direction and transfer conditions.
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      width: 1440
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      credit: Team Fractal Alligator / Fellow Traveller
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        Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.
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        Show where the original resides and what happens if transfer is
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  Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on
  2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are
  preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire
  classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and
  editorial review.
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# Data transfer and synchronization

id: electronic-devices--family-g24
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/electronic-devices--family-g24
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/electronic-devices--family-g24/

The player transfers a file or message between devices, selecting data, direction and transfer conditions.

## At a glance

![Hacknet: the reference explains file download with scp](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/interface-hacknet-00.webp)

[Hacknet](https://store.steampowered.com/app/365450/) · © Team Fractal Alligator / Fellow Traveller. All rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. The reference gives the file-download command

- Show where the original resides and what happens if transfer is interrupted.

- [Hacknet](https://store.steampowered.com/app/365450/)

## How it works

Devices: Computer; Smartphone; Terminal; Device.

## Variants

### Variants and applications

<a id="family-g24-variants"></a>

- Download or upload the package. Rule: Transfer a large amount of data, costing time and bandwidth. <a id="variant-g24-01"></a>
- Transfer data to storage media. Rule: Physically deliver a flash drive, disk or memory card to another device. <a id="variant-g24-02"></a>
- Synchronize devices. Rule: Make copies of information or status consistent. <a id="variant-g24-03"></a>
- Restore transmission. Rule: Continue the interrupted operation and maintain the integrity of the result. <a id="variant-g24-04"></a>
- Convert format. Rule: Make the data readable for the desired device or application. <a id="variant-g24-05"></a>
- Print or output. Rule: Turn a digital file into paper, projection or other world object. <a id="variant-g24-06"></a>
- Send out or publish. Rule: Deliver data to multiple recipients, including competing parties. <a id="variant-g24-07"></a>

## Context and limits

Author's taxonomy of actions, task forms and end-to-end conditions for design. Categories overlap. References support individual families, not every variant.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on 2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and editorial review.

- [Hacknet](https://store.steampowered.com/app/365450/) (id: source-839dfd6aadadd7e9)

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