Downstream: This term refers to any information that is being received by a computer system. If the information is leaving the computer system it is referred to as 'upstream'.

 

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Downstream: This term refers to any information that is being received by a computer system. If the information is leaving the computer system it is referred to as 'upstream'.

Downstream Frequency: Refers to the frequency that is used when transmitting information between the CMTS and cable modem.

Effluent Stream: A stream that gains water from ground water flow. These streams are typical of humid climates where water tables are high. The discharge of an effluent stream can be sustained by ground wate . . . View Full Definition

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program: This program was authorized in the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act and was repealed and replaced by the Environmental Quality Incentives Program in the FAIR Act of 1996. Administer . . . View Full Definition

Stream Order: A classification system that represents the relative position of streams in a drainage basin. The highest tributaries in the basin are first order streams. These converge to form second orde . . . View Full Definition

Biological Monitoring: Using living organisms to test the quality of either effluent to be discharged into receiving waters, or waters downstream from a discharge.

Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM): A method of modulating digital signals using both amplitude and phase coding. Used for downstream and can be used for upstream.

Neurotransmitter: (nur-o-trans-mit-er) Molecules that carry chemical messages between nerve cells. Neurotransmitters are released from neurons, diffuse across the minute space between cells (synaptic cleft), . . . View Full Definition

Reversing Falls: A name applied to falls which flow alternately in opposite directions in a narrow channel in the St. John River above the city of St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, the phenomenon being due to . . . View Full Definition

Anvil: The upper portion of a cumulonimbus cloud that becomes flat and spread-out, sometimes for hundreds of miles downstream from the parent cloud. It may look smooth or fibrous, but in shape, it . . . View Full Definition