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A special networking port on a hub or switch that is used to connect it to a larger network. Often you need a special crossover cable to make this connection function properly. If you think of a network as a tree, the hub (or switch) on top connects to the uplink ports of the hubs (or switches) below it, and so on.
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Uplink Port - Monty Solomon wrote: FCC Commissioner Kevin Martin said he wants to allow subscribers to pick and choose cable channels. http://finance.lycos.com/qc/news/story.aspx?story=200402201835_APO_V1388It would be nice, but my old cable company and my current cablecompany both gave me a box that allows me to password-protect channelson an individual basis, so it's not a really big deal.JustThe.net Internet & New Media Services, Apple Valley, CASteven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / 888.480.4NET (4638) / sjsobol@JustThe.netPGP: C57E 8B25 F994 D6D0 5F6B B961 EA08 9410 E3AE 35ED[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: The Sunday Independence Reporter notedthat in a survey of area cable subscribers, most were unaware of howto block channels at the local, or 'box' level. Some knew how to doit, but many subscribers did not know it could be done 'locally' andassumed it had to be done at the cable head end, and they had notbothered to call and ask for it. PAT]
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