Definitions beginning with U

Up Front Charges - permalink - collapse

All > Business > Real Estate

The fees charged to homeowners by the lender at the time of closing a mortgage loan. This includes points, broker's fees, insurance, and other charges.
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Browse Related Terms: Application Fee, Assumption Fee, Borrower, loan origination fee, Loan Origination Fees, Origination fee, Predatory Lending, Purchase price, Underlying mortgage, Wraparound mortgage

Upgrade - permalink - collapse

All > Law > E-Discovery

new or better version of some hardware or software.
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Browse Related Terms: Adobe Acrobat, HyperText, PDF, PDF (Portable Document Format), Plain Text, Plaintext, Portable Document Format, Portable Volumes

All > Technology > E-mail > Microsoft Email > Microsoft Exchange > Microsoft Exchange 2007

In Exchange Server documentation, "upgrade" is used in general references to describe an upgrade to a newer version of Microsoft Exchange software, including an in-place upgrade, a transition, or a migration. [Exchange 2007]
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Browse Related Terms: in-place upgrade, migrate, Migration, move, transition

All > Technology > Telecommunications

To change a MAC label or Information Label to a label that dominates the current label but is not equivalent to the current label [POSIX.6].
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Browse Related Terms: Dominate, Downgrade, Equivalent, information label policy, MAC label, mandatory access control (MAC)

uphold - permalink - collapse

All > Law > Common Legal Terms

The appellate court agrees with the lower court decision and allows it to stand. See affirmed.
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Browse Related Terms: Court rules, Erratum (Pl. errata), Harmless error, Overrule, Remand, Reverse, Reversible error, Sustain

Uplift - permalink - collapse

All > Science > Water

(a) The upward pressure in the pores of a material (interstitial pressure) on the base of a structure. An upward force on a structure caused by frost heave or windforce. The upward water pressure on a structure.
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Browse Related Terms: Absolute pressure, Atmospheric pressure, back pressure, Backsiphonage, Reportable discharge of oil (40 CFR 110.3), Uplift pressure, Venturi

Uplift pressure - permalink - collapse

All > Science > Water

See pore-water pressure.
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Browse Related Terms: Absolute pressure, Atmospheric pressure, back pressure, Backsiphonage, Reportable discharge of oil (40 CFR 110.3), Uplift, Venturi

uplink (U/L) - permalink - collapse

All > Technology > Telecommunications

1. The portion of a communications link used for the transmission of signals from an Earth terminal to a satellite or to an airborne platform. Note: An uplink is the converse of a downlink. 2. Pertaining to data transmission from a data station to the headend.

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Browse Related Terms: attenuation-limited operation, cross-site link, downlink, emergency response link (ERlink), space subsystem, transmitter-receiver pair, uplink (U/L)

Upload - permalink - collapse

All > Law > E-Discovery

To send a file from one computer to another via modem, network, or serial cable. With a modem-based communications link, the process generally involves the requesting computer instructing the remote computer to prepare to receive the file on its disc and wait for the transmission to begin.
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Browse Related Terms: Baud Rate, Broadband, CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data), CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Checking), Full Duplex, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Modem, V.32bis, V.34, X.25

Weather maps that are produced for the portion of the atmosphere above the lower troposphere, generally at and above 850 mb. Isolines on these maps usually represent the heights of a constant pressure surface, such as the 500 mb surface.
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Browse Related Terms: 500 hPa, 500 mb, Dobson Unit, Free Atmosphere, Upper Level

Upper atmosphere - permalink - collapse

All > Science > Climate Change

Upper atmosphere The general term applied to the atmosphere above the mesopause.
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Browse Related Terms: anomaly, Average value, Climate, Climate variability, field, Grid, inversion, Meteorological element, Meteorology, parameter, Weather, World Meteorological Organization program

upper endoscopy - permalink - collapse

All > Medicine > Cancer

(...en-DOSS-koh-pee) Examination of the inside of the stomach using an endoscope, passed through the mouth and esophagus. An endoscope is a thin, tube-like instrument with a light and a lens for viewing. It may also have a tool to remove tissue to be checked under a microscope for signs of disease. Also called gastroscopy.
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Browse Related Terms: bronchoscopy, Colonoscopy, cystoscopy, endoscopy, esophagoscopy, gastroscopy, laparoscopic-assisted colectomy, laparoscopic prostatectomy, laparoscopy, mediastinoscopy, nasoscopy, proctoscopy, proctosigmoidoscopy, rhinoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, thoracoscopy, ureteroscopy

upper GI series - permalink - collapse

All > Medicine > Cancer

A series of x-rays of the esophagus. The x-ray pictures are taken after the person drinks a solution that contains barium. The barium coats and outlines the esophagus on the x-ray. Also called barium swallow and esophagram.
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Browse Related Terms: barium enema, barium solution, barium swallow, coffee enema, Double-contrast barium enema, esophagram, lower GI series

Upper Level - permalink - collapse

All > Science > Weather

In weather observing, the term applies to the portion of the atmosphere that is above the lower troposphere, generally 850 hPa and above.
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Browse Related Terms: 500 hPa, 500 mb, Dobson Unit, Free Atmosphere, Upper-air Weather Chart

Upper Level Disturbance - permalink - collapse

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A disturbance in the upper atmospheric flow pattern which is usually associated with clouds and precipitation. This disturbance is characterized by distinct cyclonic flow, a pocket of cold air, and sometimes a jet streak. These features make the air aloft more unstable and conducive to clouds and precipitation.
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Browse Related Terms: ALF, Hodograph, Omega, Omega High, TROWAL

Upper Level System - permalink - collapse

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A general term for any large-scale or mesoscale disturbance capable of producing upward motion (lift) in the middle or upper parts of the atmosphere. This term sometimes is used interchangeably with impulse or shortwave.
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Browse Related Terms: IMPL, Impulse

UPR - permalink - collapse

All > Law > Intellectual Property > Patent

Utility, Plant, and Reissue

-- see patent for more

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Browse Related Terms: original application, plant application (patent), plant patent, reissue application, Surrender of Patent

All > Science > Weather

Upper
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Browse Related Terms: INCR, MAX, Microclimate, Vort Max

Uprate - permalink - collapse

All > Science > Water

An increase of greater than 15 percent in powerplant unit output at an existing facility through modifications or replacement of equipment.
Bureau of Reclamation - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Auxiliary equipment, Rewind, Stator windings