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If a node A on the Internet is closer (fewer hops away) to the Internet backbone than a node B, then A is said to be upstream of B or conversely, B is downstream of A. Related to this is the idea of upstream providers. An upstream provider is usually a large ISP that provides Internet access to a local ISP. Hence, the word upstream also refers ...
In business terms, price transmission means the process in which upstream prices affect downstream prices.Upstream prices should be thought of in terms of main inputs prices (for processing/manufacturing, etc.) or prices quoted on higher market levels (e.g. wholesale markets).
Tapered integration is a term from organization theory that refers to a mix of vertical integration and market exchange. [1] Upstream, a producer might manufacture some of the input itself and buy the remaining portion from independent firms.
Upstream development allows other distributions to benefit from it when they pick up the future release or merge recent (or all) upstream patches. [1] Likewise, the original authors (maintaining upstream) can benefit from contributions that originate from custom distributions, if their users send patches upstream.
A business plan is a formal written document containing the goals of a business, the methods for attaining those goals, ...
Upstream and Downstream, the notional directions which lie "towards" and "away from" the author of a piece of software, relative to the speaker; See also
In computer networking, upstream server refers to a server that provides service to another server. In other words, upstream server is a server that is located higher in a hierarchy of servers. The highest server in the hierarchy is sometimes called the origin server —the application server on which a given resource resides or is to be ...
An upstream price is the price of one of the main inputs of production (for processing/manufacturing etc.) or a price quoted on higher market levels (e.g. wholesale markets). Upstream prices are the prices paid by producers (as opposed to consumers), and are directly related to the cost of production. They comprise input prices, or the prices a ...