What is "upsampling"

vb. (present participle of upsample English)

Upsampling is interpolation, applied in the context of digital signal processing and sample rate conversion. When upsampling is performed on a sequence of samples of a continuous function or signal, it produces an approximation of the sequence that would have been obtained by sampling the signal at a higher rate (or density, as in the case of a photograph). For example, if compact disc audio is upsampled by a factor of 5/4, the resulting sample-rate increases from 44,100 Hz to 55,125 Hz.