Uplinked

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Establishing a connection or communication link, especially in telecommunications
2. having transmitted data to a central hub or satellite
3. referring to information that has been successfully sent upward to a network or system

Etymology: "Uplinked" is the past tense and past participle of "uplink," a verb meaning to send data up to a satellite or central hub. The verb is formed by combining "up" and "link," two plain English words, with "link" meaning a connection and "up" indicating direction toward a higher point. The compound follows the same pattern as the more familiar "downlink," its counterpart for transmissions sent back toward the ground. The pairing reflects how the term was built: the satellite or hub sits above the sender, so the upward direction is part of the meaning. Once the noun "uplink" existed, speakers turned it into a verb, which then took the regular past forms "uplinked" in the usual English way.

Synonyms: connected, linked