ups

American company that delivers letters and parcels worldwide

n. device which supplies electricity to the system during power failures

v. raise, increase; get up, rise; do something suddenly

n. rise, ascent; feeling of elation

UPS may refer to:CompaniesUnited Parcel Service, an international courier
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United Parcel Service, Inc. ( NYSE: UPS), commonly referred to as UPS, is the world's largest package delivery company, delivering more than 15 million packages a day to 6.1 million customers in over 200 countries and territories around the world. Since 2005, its operations include logistics and other transportation-related areas. It is headquartered in Sandy Springs, Georgia, USA.
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Verb
1. raise; "up the ante"
(hypernym) increase
Adjective
1. being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level; "the anchor is up"; "the sun is up"; "he lay face up"; "he is up by a pawn"; "the market is up"; "the corn is up"
(antonym) down
(similar) ahead(p), in the lead, leading
(see-also) ascending(a)
2. getting higher or more vigorous; "its an up market"; "an improving economy"
(synonym) improving
(similar) rising
3. extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish"
(synonym) up(a), upward(a)
(similar) ascending(a)
4. (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness; "he was up on his homework"; "had to be up for the game"
(synonym) up(p)
(similar) prepared
5. open; "the windows are up"
(similar) raised
6. (used of computers) operating properly; "how soon will the computers be up?"
(synonym) up(p)
(similar) functioning
(classification) computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
7. used up; "time is up"
(synonym) up(p)
(similar) finished
8. out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning"
(synonym) astir(p), up(p)
(similar) awake(p)
Adverb
1. spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile"
(synonym) upwards, upward, upwardly
(antonym) down, downwards, downward, downwardly
2. to a higher intensity; "he turned up the volume"
(antonym) down
3. nearer to the speaker; "he walked up and grabbed my lapels"
4. to a more central or a more northerly place; "was transferred up to headquarters"; "up to Canada for a vacation"
(antonym) down
5. to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward"
(synonym) upwards, upward

Acronym for uninterruptible power supply.

A device that is inserted between a primary power source, such as a commercial utility, and the primary power input of equipment to be protected, e.g., a computer system, for the purpose of eliminating the effects of transient anomalies or temporary outages. Note 1: An UPS consists of an inverter, usually electronic, that is powered by a battery that is kept trickle-charged by rectified ac from the incoming power line fed by the utility. In the event of an interruption, the battery takes over without the loss of even a fraction of a cycle in the ac output of the UPS. The battery also provides protection against transients. The duration of the longest outage for which protection is ensured depends on the battery capacity, and to a certain degree, on the rate at which the battery is drained. Note 2: An UPS should not be confused with a standby generator, which may not provide protection from a momentary power interruption, or which may result in a momentary power interruption when it is switched into service, whether manually or automatically.

1. uninterruptible power supply.
2. A source level C debugger that runs under X11 or SunView by Mark Russell mtr@ukc.ac.uk. Ups includes a C interpreter which allows you to add fragments of code simply by editing them into the source window. Version 2.1.
Ported to Sun, DECstation, VAX Ultrix, HLH Clipper.
ftp://export.lcs.mit.edu/contrib/. Mailing list: ups-users-request@ukc.ac.uk.
Unofficial enhancements by Rod Armstrong rod@sj.ate.slb.com ftp://sj.ate.slb.com/misc/Unix/ups/contrib/rob.
(1991-05-20)

<jargon> Working, in order. E.g. "The down escalator is up."
Opposite: down.
[Jargon File]
(1995-03-06)