Associations to the word «Uplink»

Wiktionary

UPLINK, noun. 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.
UPLINK, noun. 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.
UPLINK, noun. Data transmission from a data station to the headend.
UPLINK, noun. GSM and cellular networks, uplink is the transmission path from a mobile station to the base station (cell site).
UPLINK, verb. To transmit a signal by means of an uplink.

Dictionary definition

UPLINK, noun. A transmission from Earth to a spacecraft or the path of such a transmission.

Wise words

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