Uplink
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Uplink is a noun meaning The portion of a communications link used for the transmission of signals from a ground station to a satellite or to an airborne platform.
Meaning
The portion of a communications link used for the transmission of signals from a ground station to a satellite or to an airborne platform.
More Meanings
- Data transmission from a data station to the headend.
- (transitive) To transmit a signal by means of an uplink.
- (telecommunications, by analogy, 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.
Word Forms
- uplinks
- uplinking
- uplinked
Antonyms for uplink
Common opposites include downlink.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include upload, login, charging, linkage, link, connection.
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