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abbreviation

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

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Words nearby ISP

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How to use ISP in a sentence

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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
“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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST

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
For this purpose a standard solution of nitrate of silver 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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