What does upstream mean?

Definitions for upstream
ˈʌpˈstrimup·stream

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. upstreamadverb

    in the direction against a stream's current

  2. upriver, upstreamadverb

    toward the source or against the current

Wiktionary

  1. upstreamadverb

    against the current

  2. upstreamadjective

    in a direction against the flow of a current or stream; upriver

  3. upstreamadjective

    involving exploration and pre-production rather than refining and selling

  4. upstreamadjective

    in the direction from the client to the server

  5. upstreamadjective

    towards the leading end (5'end) of a DNA molecule

ChatGPT

  1. upstream

    In general, upstream refers to the direction or situation that is opposite to the flow of a stream or current. It is often used metaphorically in various fields such as computing, genetics, and business to indicate the origin or earlier stages of a process, system, or supply chain.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Upstreamadverb

    toward the higher part of a stream; against the current

Wikidata

  1. Upstream

    In software development, upstream refers to a direction toward the original authors or maintainers of software that is distributed as source code, and is a qualification of either a bug or a patch. For example, a patch sent upstream is offered to the original authors or maintainers of the software. If accepted, the authors or maintainers will include the patch in their software, either immediately or in a future release. If rejected, the person who submitted the patch will have to maintain his or her own distribution of the author's software. Upstream development allows other distributions to benefit from it when they pick up the future release. The term also pertains to bugs – responsibility for a bug is said to lie upstream when it is not caused through the distribution's porting and integration efforts.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Upstream

    up′strēm, adv. towards the upper part of a stream.—v.i. Upstream′, to stream up.

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. upstream

    [common] Towards the original author(s) or maintainer(s) of a project. Used in connection with software that is distributed both in its original source form and in derived, adapted versions through a distribution (like the Debian version of Linux or one of the BSD ports) that has component maintainers for each of their parts. When a component maintainer receives a bug report or patch, he may choose to retain the patch as a porting tweak to the distribution's derivative of the project, or to pass it upstream to the project's maintainer. The antonym downstream is rare.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of upstream in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of upstream in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of upstream in a Sentence

  1. Charles Whall:

    De Margerie came from a heavily upstream background and was hugely regarded within the organisation. To follow with a similar CEO would have been difficult, pouyanne brings (cost) cutting experience, he is very measured and precise in his delivery and dealings internally and particularly externally, I think this is appropriate in this time frame.

  2. Anne Fougner:

    Following interest expressed by several parties, Exxon Mobil has decided to open a data room to test the market interest for the upstream portfolio in Norway.

  3. The IEA:

    Total non-OPEC output next year is expected to contract by nearly 0.5 million bpd as global upstream spending cuts of more than 20 percent impact both new projects and existing production.

  4. Andrea Cuturi:

    It's 10 years that the London exchange has owned the Milan bourse but nevertheless the Italian stock exchange keeps its autonomy. The only synergies I see are upstream on systems, software and capex.

  5. Rob McDonald:

    When someone upstream decides to expand agriculture or build more houses it will have a cost (on water treatment) which is not accounted for in the market place.

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