DSL

noun

a generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds

• Syn: ↑digital subscriber line

• Hypernyms: ↑telephone line, ↑phone line, ↑telephone circuit, ↑subscriber line, ↑line

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Digital Subscriber Line: a technology that allows high-speed transmission of data, audio, and video, usually over standard telephone lines; a form of broadband transmission.

[1995-2000]

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abbrev

Digital Subscriber Line, a fast Internet connection over an analogue phone line

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DSL UK [ˌdiː es ˈel] US [ˌdi es ˈel] noun [uncountable] [singular DSL plural DSLs] computing

[countable] digital subscriber line: a telephone line that sends information very fast and is used for the Internet and television as well as the telephone

Thesaurus: telephone services and companies_hyponym

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DSL (no periods) or D.S.L.,

deep scattering layer.

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abbr.

■ deep scattering layer

■ digital subscriber line. See also adsl

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abbr

digital subscriber line

high-speed DSL Internet access

◇ DSL refers to a system that uses telephone lines to allow you to connect to the Internet at high speeds.

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DSL 8 [DSL] [ˌdiː es ˈel] [ˌdiː es ˈel] abbreviation (computing)

digital subscriber line (a way of sending electronic data at high speed along ordinary telephone lines, used for supplying the Internet to homes, businesses, etc.)