uplink

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Synonyms: plink, upline, unlink

Antonyms: plink, upline, unlink

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Noun

1. The [[portion]] of a [[communications]] [[link]] used for the [[transmission]] of [[signal]]s from a [[ground station]] to a [[satellite]] or to an [[airborne]] [[platform]].
2. {{lb|en|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.
3. [[data|Data]] [[transmission]] from a data station to the [[headend]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[transmit]] a [[signal]] [[by means of]] an uplink.

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