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uplink

noun

Etymology

From up + link.

  1. inherited from *kleng-✻
  2. inherited from *hlankaz✻ — “bendsome, flexible”
  3. inherited from *hlankiz✻
  4. derived from *hlenkr✻
  5. inherited from hlenċe
  6. inherited from linke
  7. compounded as uplink — “up + link”

Definitions

  1. The portion of a communications link used for the transmission of signals from a ground…

    The portion of a communications link used for the transmission of signals from a ground station to a satellite or to an airborne platform.

  2. The communication path from a mobile device to a base station, a consumer to the network…

    The communication path from a mobile device to a base station, a consumer to the network backbone, a client device to a server, etc.

  3. Data transmission from a data station to the headend.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To transmit a signal by means of an uplink.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for uplink. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA