downstream

Meanings

1. Toward the lower part of a stream; with the current (of a river, brook, or other flow of fluid).
2. Occurring later than something else; (also, usually, especially) influenced by something else; being a consequence of something else.
3. In the direction from the server to the client.
4. Towards the 3′ end of a DNA molecule.

1. Following the path of a river or stream.

1. To stream downward.
2. Of the original developers: to make available (a version or patch) to downstream developers and users of the software.

Etymology

From down- + stream.