Download folder : what is it made for ?

Hi everyone,
I noticed a large file in my "Download folder" in iTunes folder.
I suppressed it… In fact, now, I wonder if I did well ?
What is this "Download folder" for ?
Can I suppress files from it ? (to late for the one I already erased of course !).
Thank you…
PS : forgive my clumsy english : I am french.

Thank you very much for your precise answer !
A very strange affair : on my brand new Mac Book pro Retina (256 GB SSD witch is not very big indeed) I noticed an entire TV show in this folder !
I never downloaded it (I had it with Elgato Software in a Direct TV download, what so ever…). So there was no reason it was here.
It is very strange because it was located this download folder after the migration from my previous Mac (nothing was in my SSD before, so I PRESUME that the migration has put these files here.
Must be a bug, don't you think?
I deleted it to make room in my SSD, I hope I did not do a wrong stuff ! (does not seem so).
Very best regards.
michelgoldberg.fr

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