What is the meaning of Downstream?

Further along in the flow of current, in relation to a river, stream, bloodstream, or other flow of fluid.

Occurring later than something else; influenced by something else; being a consequence of something else.

In the direction from the server to the client.

Towards the 3′ end of a DNA molecule.

Following the path of a river or stream

To stream downward.

Of the original developers: to make available (a version or patch) to downstream developers and users of the software.

Source: wiktionary.org

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