Definitions for uplinkˈʌpˌlɪŋk
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
up•linkˈʌpˌlɪŋk(n.)
a transmission path for data or other signals from an earth station to a communications satellite.
Category: Aerospace, Telegraphy and Telephony
Origin of uplink:
1965–70
Princeton's WordNet
uplink(noun)
a transmission from Earth to a spacecraft or the path of such a transmission
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(Adjective)
Pertaining to data transmission from a data station to the headend.
uplink(Adjective)
Pertaining to GSM and cellular networks, uplink is the transmission path from a mobile station to the base station (cell site).
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