downstream ==>
upstream
<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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