upstream
Part of speech: adj
adv
verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
software
Etymology: Etymology tree
English up-
English stream
English upstream
From up- + stream.
Inflected forms:
form: further upstream
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: farther upstream
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: furthest upstream
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: farthest upstream
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: further upstream
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: farther upstream
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: furthest upstream
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: farthest upstream
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: upstreams
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: upstreaming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: upstreamed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: upstreamed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: upstreams
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: In a direction against the flow of a current or stream of fluid (typically water); upriver.
pos: adj
gloss: Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: Input entry is upstream of input validation in the runtime process.
gloss: Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
gloss: Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
gloss: Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: The outage was caused by an upstream error in a payments library.
You can also check the upstream and/or Debian bug trackers for open and closed bugs and the upstream revision history or newer release(s).
If the developer knows the bug is an upstream bug but does not know which bug it is in the upstream bug tracker, he can add an upstream task to the bug report.
Because a user generally does not know the pedigree of the open source, it cannot know whether an upstream developer used intellectual property belonging to a third party in developing that software.
We'll walk through the steps to build FreeS/WAN using the upstream tarball.
gloss: Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
gloss: Against the current.
pos: adv
examples: In another moment a huge wave, like a muddy tidal bore, but almost scaldingly hot, came sweeping round the bend up-stream.
gloss: To stream upward.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To have (a software library, patch, etc.) accepted by the original developers of the related software, so that they maintain and distribute it.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I'd be more than happy to upstream your patch.
gloss: Part of the river towards the upstream direction.
pos: noun
examples: The total depth of water at the upstream was measured by using a pointer attached to a carriage sitting on the water table walls.
gloss: The original developers or maintainers of software.
pos: noun
Antonyms: downstream
Derived words: upstream loan
Translations:
lang: Dutch
word: stroomopwaarts
lang: French
word: amont
lang: French
word: montant
lang: Italian
word: a monte
lang: Portuguese
word: montante