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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

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. Tony Nunan:

    Prices this year and next are going to be weak. It could go to $40 a barrel which has been a major support line because if it goes below that a lot of upstream developments will be underwater and below long-term breakeven prices, long-term $60-70 a barrel is a more sustainable price.

  2. Simon Wilson-Taylor:

    This is a full execution management system where clients can organise all of their upstream and downstream processes, this had largely been a manual process which has been semi-automated by platforms like FX Connect, but it has never been fully digitised. That's what we've cracked with Molten Markets, but in the past we have lacked the scale to fully leverage the solution, this is where EBS BrokerTec comes in.

  3. Energy Aspects:

    The Iranian deal is unlikely to bring back large volumes of oil yet, given the removal of upstream sanctions is complex and significant investment is needed for raising output.

  4. Jason Kenney:

    It takes a bit to see the upside from these results. But the upstream news is very positive and the group is certainly changing for good by offloading Saipem.

  5. Bjornar Tonhaugen:

    Reducing upstream supply is not just turning off the tap or pushing a button. We would be surprised to see overall OPEC+ compliance at 50% through May.

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