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upstream |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Upstream \Up*stream"\, adv Toward the higher part of a stream; against the current. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: upstream adj : in the direction against a stream's current [ant: {downstream}] adv 1: toward the source or against the current [syn: {upriver}] [ant: {downriver}, {downriver}] 2: against the current; "he swam upstream" From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: upstreamFewer {network} {hops} away from a {backbone} or {hub}. For example, a small {ISP} that connects to the {Internet} through a larger ISP that has their own connection to the backbone is {downstream} from the larger ISP, and the larger ISP is {upstream} from the smaller ISP. (1999-08-05)
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