Uplink Definition

ŭplĭngk
uplinks
noun
An electronic link by which signals are sent from a transmitter on the earth's surface to an orbiting satellite, spacecraft, etc.
Webster's New World
The site, facility, etc. from which such signals are transmitted.
Webster's New World
A communication channel through which a user transmits data to the Internet.
American Heritage
By analogy and 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.
Wiktionary
verb
To send (signals, data, etc.) using such a link.
Webster's New World
To connect to a satellite, spacecraft, etc. using such a link.
Webster's New World
To transmit a signal by means of an uplink.
Wiktionary

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Singular:
uplink
Plural:
uplinks

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