ISP /I-S-P/
Common abbreviation for Internet Service
Provider, a kind of company that barely existed before 1993. ISPs
sell Internet access to the mass market. While the big nationwide
commercial BBSs with Internet access (like America Online,
CompuServe, GEnie, Netcom, etc.) are technically ISPs, the term is
usually reserved for local or regional small providers (often run
by hackers turned entrepreneurs) who resell Internet access cheaply
without themselves being information providers or selling
advertising. Compare NSP.
Common abbreviation for Internet Service
Provider, a kind of company that barely existed before 1993. ISPs
sell Internet access to the mass market. While the big nationwide
commercial BBSs with Internet access (like America Online,
CompuServe, GEnie, Netcom, etc.) are technically ISPs, the term is
usually reserved for local or regional small providers (often run
by hackers turned entrepreneurs) who resell Internet access cheaply
without themselves being information providers or selling
advertising. Compare NSP.
Related:
- NSP /N-S-P/ n.
Common abbreviation for `Network Service
Provider',
one of the big national or regional companies that... - BBS /B-B-S/ n.
[common; abbreviation, `Bulletin Board
System'] An electronic bulletin board system;
that is, a message database where people can log... - BBS: /B-B-S/ [abbreviation, `Bulletin Board System'] n.
An electronic bulletin board system; that is, a... - the network n.
1. Historicaslly, the union of all the major
noncommercial,
academic, and hacker-oriented networks, such as ... - IDP /I-D-P/ v.,n.
[Usenet] Abbreviation for Internet Death Penalty.
Common (probably now more so and frequently verbed... - server: n. A kind of {daemon} that performs a service for the
requester and which often runs on a computer other than the one on
which the server runs.
A particularly common term on the Internet, which... - Internet n.
The mother of all networks. First
incarnated beginning in 1969 as the ARPANET,
a U.S. Department of Defense research testbed. ... - server n.
A kind of daemon that performs a service for
the requester and which often runs on a computer other than the one
on which the server runs.
A particularly common term on the Internet, which... - spamhaus spam'hows n.
Pejorative term for an
internet service provider that permits or even encourages spam
mailings from its systems.
The plural is `spamhausen'. There is a web page...
From the same category:
- LERP /lerp/ vi.,n.
Quasi-acronym for Linear
Interpolation,
used as a verb or noun for the operation. "Bresenham's... - macro /mak'roh/ n.
[techspeak] A name (possibly followed by a formal... - dahmum /dah'mum/ n.
[Usenet] The material of which
protracted flame wars,
especially those about operating systems, is composed... - path n.
1. A bang path or explicitly routed
Internet address;
a node-by-node specification of a link between two... - crufty /kruhf'tee/ adj.
[very common; origin unknown;
poss. from `crusty' or `cruddy'] 1. Poorly built, possibly...
