upstream
/ʌpˈstɹiːm/
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English
Meaning
adj
Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
adj
Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
adj
Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
adj
Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
adj
Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
Example Sentences
- "Input entry is upstream of input validation in the runtime process."
- "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."