downstream

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

downstream
    adv 1: away from the source or with the current [syn:
           {downriver}, {downstream}] [ant: {upriver}, {upstream}]
    adj 1: in the direction of a stream's current [ant: {upstream}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Downstream \Down"stream`\, adv.
   Down the stream; as, floating downstream.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

upstream
downstream

   <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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