uplink

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 Adjective 1.4 Antonyms 1.5 Anagrams

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

up + link

[edit] Noun

uplink (plural uplinks)

1. The portion of a communications link used for the transmission of signals from an Earth terminal to a satellite or to an airborne platform. An uplink is the converse of a downlink. An uplink or downlink is distinguished from reverse link or forward link.
2. By analogy and less formally, the communication path from a mobile device to a base station, a consumer to the network backbone, a client device to a server etc.

[edit] Adjective

uplink

1. Pertaining to data transmission from a data station to the headend.
2. Pertaining to GSM and cellular networks, uplink is the transmission path from a mobile station to the base station (cell site).

[edit] Antonyms

• downlink

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: iklnpu
• linkup