ISP

Internet service provider: a company that offers access to the Internet and to email, usually for a monthly fee.

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Examples from the Web for isp

Contemporary Examples of isp

Forget about encryption—your ISP could require the key as condition of using its network.
Does This Ruling Mean The End of the Internet? Maybe.
Craig Aaron
January 15, 2014
A German court placed an injunction against Kamphuis and his ISP company, CB3ROB, to stop him from putting Pirate Bay back online.
Yeah, We Broke the Internet: The Inside Story of the Biggest Attack Ever
Eli Lake
March 28, 2013
“Currently ISP is considering this either as a domestic homicide or a domestic homicide/suicide,” the email said.
The Murder Trial Next Door: Drew Peterson vs. Christopher Vaughn
Michael Daly
September 5, 2012
Once people could use AOL as a portal to the true, unadulterated, global net, the company was reduced to an ISP.
Facebook's Fatal Error
Douglas Rushkoff
June 10, 2009

Historical Examples of isp

When two gears of equal size mesh together, the pitch line, or the pitch circle, as it isp.
Practical Mechanics for Boys
J. S. Zerbe
This can be done more efficiently by means of the alternating current, which is subject to far less loss than isp.
Electricity for Boys
J. S. Zerbe

British Dictionary definitions for isp

ISP

abbreviation for

internet service provider, a business providing its customers with connection to the internet and other related services

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