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downstream

  • adjective
  • /ˌdaʊnˈstɹiːm/

Toward the lower part of a stream; with the current (of a river, brook, or other flow of fluid).

Other meanings

  1. Occurring later than something else; influenced by something else; being a consequence of something else.

    “Input validation is downstream of input entry in the runtime process.”

  2. In the direction from the server to the client.

Antonyms

  • upstream

Related words

  • downstreamer
  • downstreamward
  • downstreamwards

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “downstream” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.