English Explanatory Dictionary

uplink

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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 backbone, a client device to a server, etc.
  3. Data transmission from a data station to the headend.
verb
  1. To transmit a signal by means of an uplink.

Word forms

uplink uplinks uplinking uplinked

Etymology

From up + link.

Antonyms

downlink
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