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downstream

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downstream

From the provider to the customer. Downloading files and Web pages from the Internet is the downstream side. The upstream is from the customer to the provider (requesting a Web page, sending e-mail, etc.). In cable TV, downstream signals are the network, movie and sports channels transmitted to the customer. However, if the cable provider offers video-on-demand or Internet access, the cable also has an upstream.

Not Symmetrical
Internet access speeds are typically not symmetrical, with the downstream rate being considerably faster than the upstream. The slower upstream prevents users from operating Web sites. For fast upstream Internet connections, the customer can sign a business-oriented service agreement, if available, or use specialized providers that accommodate datacenters and high-speed servers. See download.

downstream
in or towards the lower part of a stream; with the current
downstream [′dau̇n‚strēm]
(chemical engineering)
Portion of a product stream that has already passed through the system; that portion located after a specific process unit.
(genetics)
Further along in the direction of transcription on one strand of the deoxyribonucleic acid sequence of a gene; for a linked gene, downstream may be in the opposite direction along the chromosome.
(hydrology)
In the direction of flow, as a current or waterway.
downstream - upstream


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A sudden something gripped the catamaran and flung it downstream violently against the bank.
Before Adam by London, Jack View in context
The day's fishing finished, they came floating downstream in their skiff, talking national politics and other high matters, and presently met a skiff coming up from town, with a man in it who said:
Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context
They got along quite well at first, but when they reached the middle of the river the swift current swept the raft downstream, farther and farther away from the road of yellow brick.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
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