uplink

4 definitions • 8 examples

a communications link for signals to be sent to a satellite, spacecraft, or aircraft:

Most existing stations are not equipped with the satellite uplinks that allow credit card billing.

A video image was beamed via satellite uplink to four television stations on the other side of the world.

The reporters had to drive to an uplink facility to transmit their video.

a link to a different, or different part of a, communications or computer network:

You will probably need one port to act as an uplink to your router.

This special port - the uplink port - is made for the purpose of connecting to another DCE device.

to send signals using a communications link to a satellite, spacecraft, or aircraft:

The radio transmission was uplinked to the world by satellite TV.

You see them uplinking everywhere: bloggers, techies and assorted Internet enthusiasts.

to send or connect something using a link to a different, or different part of a, communications or computer network:

This is a fast-paced age when information is digitized, faxed, uplinked, and downloaded.