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Multipart Upload in Alibaba Cloud Object Storage Service (OSS) allows users to upload files by dividing them into smaller segments, which can be uploaded in parallel. This capability significantly enhances the efficiency of the upload process, especially for large files, as multiple parts can be uploaded concurrently, utilizing network resources more effectively. This parallel uploading minimizes the overall time taken to complete the upload compared to traditional methods, which generally do not have this feature.

The characteristic of enabling parallel uploads is particularly important when dealing with large files or when the network conditions may limit the speed of a single upload thread. By splitting files into manageable parts, users can not only speed up the upload process but also improve the reliability; if an upload of one part fails, only that part needs to be retried instead of the entire file.

The other statements do not accurately reflect the purposes or benefits of Multipart Upload. For example, Multipart Upload is designed to handle large files rather than small ones. It's also worth noting that while multipart uploads do only save successfully uploaded parts upon completion, they are not slower than traditional uploads; in fact, they are often quicker due to the parallelism they provide.