Upstream
adverb
1.
toward or in the higher part of a stream; against the current.
adjective
2.
directed upstream; situated upstream:
an upstream journey; an upstream hideout.
3.
Commerce. of or relating to the early stages in the operations of a business or industry, as exploration and production in the oil business (opposed to downstream).
4.
against or opposite to the direction of transcription, translation, or synthesis of a DNA, RNA, or protein molecule.
adverb, adjective
1.
in or towards the higher part of a stream; against the current
2.
(in the oil industry) of or for any of the stages prior to oil production, such as exploration or research Compare downstream (sense 2)
networking
Fewer 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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