uplink

noun

up·​link ˈəp-ˌliŋk How to pronounce uplink (audio)
1
: a communications channel for transmissions to a spacecraft or satellite
also : the transmissions themselves
2
: a facility on earth for transmitting to a spacecraft or satellite
uplink verb

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But one of the things that is emerging is the ability for uplinks and downlinks to both be incredibly robust and to handle massive amounts of capacity. Fortune Editors, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2024 More promising has been NASA’s own tests last year of a 622 megabit per second laser uplink to the moon. IEEE Spectrum, 29 July 2014 The downlink/uplink units were collectively referred to as the Site Controller (SC). Cameron Kaiser, Ars Technica, 17 Mar. 2023 The lower-bandwidth uplink from each terminal's keyboard and screen went into the node's concentrator, which multiplexed their signals and sent them back collectively to the NIU over a single regular voice-grade telephone line, also at 1260 bps. Cameron Kaiser, Ars Technica, 17 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for uplink 

Word History

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of uplink was in 1968

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“Uplink.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uplink. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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