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It's from the earlier days of computing/portable devices where almost nothing had the sort of inter-connectivity we take for granted.
You'd download apps or music onto your PC and then 'sideload' them onto your PDA or MP3 players.
Sometimes this required both proprietary cables and software. (This is why some of us still get excited by simple USB ports)