UPLINK

uplink

(noun) a transmission from Earth to a spacecraft or the path of such a transmission

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

uplink (plural uplinks)

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.

(by analogy, 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.

Data transmission from a data station to the headend.

Antonyms

• downlink

Verb

uplink (third-person singular simple present uplinks, present participle uplinking, simple past and past participle uplinked)

To transmit a signal by means of an uplink.

Antonyms

• downlink

Anagrams

• link up, linkup

Source: Wiktionary

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