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  internet service provider

  noun

  See ISP
• Internet service provider
  Internet service provider

  A company or organization that provides access to the Internet through its servers, usually for a fee.

internet service provider

British  

noun

1. See ISP

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Internet service provider Cultural  

1. A company or organization that provides access to the Internet through its servers, usually for a fee.

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Example Sentences

The music industry uses a service that flags repeat offenders and sends notices to that user’s internet service provider.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

That era was capped by Time Warner’s ill-fated sale in the early 2000s to dial-up internet service provider AOL — a disastrous union that plundered the value of Warner’s prestigious properties.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

Over seven years ago, a group of record companies sued internet service provider Cox for facilitating copyright infringement.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2025

Late last year, his company IMC Communications was licensed as the partner for Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service provider.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025

Pejorative term for an internet service provider that permits or even encourages spam mailings from its systems.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.