Backhaul
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Backhaul is a verb meaning To transmit (data or footage) from a remote site to a central site from where it is re-transmitted.
Meaning
To transmit (data or footage) from a remote site to a central site from where it is re-transmitted.
More Meanings
- (transport) A return trip after delivery of cargo.
- (military) The shipment of material to or through an area from which the material had previously been shipped.
- (travel, aviation, fare construction) Travel to a destination via a further point, or a higher fare point, than the destination (higher intermediate point).
- (broadcasting) Uncut program content that is transmitted point-to-point to an individual television or radio station, network or other receiving entity where it will be integrated into a finished show.
Example Sentences
Low rates for backhaul account for the huge volume of waste paper shipped to Asia from the US.
Word Forms
- backhauls
- backhauling
- backhauled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include return, retransmit, rebroadcast, backtransfer, retranslocate, retransfer.
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