uplink

== English == === Etymology === From up +‎ link. === Noun === uplink (plural uplinks) 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. (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. Data transmission from a data station to the headend. ==== Antonyms ==== downlink === Verb === uplink (third-person singular simple present uplinks, present participle uplinking, simple past and past participle uplinked) (transitive) To transmit a signal by means of an uplink. ==== Antonyms ==== downlink === Anagrams === link up, linkup