upstream

en amont

Qui se dirige vers la source d’une rivière, à contre-courant.

En anglais simple : Moving toward where a river starts, against the direction of the water.

• The upstream journey took three hours.
• Salmon make an upstream migration each year.
• The upstream section of the river is narrow.

Synonymes : upriver

Contraires : downstream

Expressions courantes : upstream journey, upstream movement, upstream section

en amont

Qui intervient plus tôt dans un processus et influence souvent la suite.

En anglais simple : Happening earlier in a process and often affecting what happens later.

• An upstream error affected every later calculation.
• The company changed its upstream suppliers.
• Better housing addresses upstream causes of poor health.

Comment l'utiliser : upstream of something (Data collection is upstream of analysis.)

Synonymes : earlier, prior

Contraires : downstream

Expressions courantes : upstream process, upstream causes, upstream supplier

intégrer au projet original

Faire accepter une modification dans le projet logiciel original pour que ses développeurs l’entretiennent et la diffusent.

En anglais simple : To get a software change accepted into the original project so its developers maintain and share it.

• We plan to upstream this patch.
• The team upstreamed its bug fixes last month.
• Can you upstream these changes before the next release?

Synonymes : contribute upstream

Expressions courantes : upstream a patch, upstream changes, upstream something