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Rareuplink
The correct spelling is uplink.
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noun
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The correct spelling is uplink. 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 downli…
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Meanings
noun
- 1.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.
- 2.(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.
- 3.Data transmission from a data station to the headend.
verb
- 1.To transmit a signal by means of an uplink.
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