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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | 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. Source: Jargon File. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ISP | Dutch | Punt van internationale signalering | Electrical Engineering |
ISP | English | Internet Service Provider | N/A |
Isp | French | Impulsion spécifique | Military & Defense, Physics |
ISP | Italian | Norme Funzionali | Meteorology & Standards |
ISP | Spanish | Punto de señalización internacional | Electrical Engineering |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: ISP |
| Specialty definitions using "ISP": AUP ♦ bottom feeder ♦ Classless Inter-Domain Routing ♦ fiber-seeking backhoe ♦ Internet backbone, ISPL ♦ specific impulse ♦ The Microsoft Network, throwaway account, TLAs, total impulse. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Pantel, an alternative ISP to MATAV, also offers VPN services. (references) | |
Currently, paging and ISP services are not subject to an operational license. (references) | ||
Infocom is the largest ISP in Ukraine with subsidiaries in 120 cities and towns. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Liberia | In October 2000, another ISP began operating; the head of the ruling party is the chairman of its board of directors. (references) |
Ghana | The companies replied that they were unable to monitor telephone use of their ISP and should not be held responsible for such use. (references) | |
Niger | SONITEL, the state-owned telephone company that was privatized partially during the year, is the country's only Internet service provider (ISP). (references) | |
Economic History | Ukraine | ISP still remains the core business in this industry. (references) |
Uruguay | Twelve of thirteen ISP providers are privately owned. (references) | |
Sweden | The server market is driven by the ISP and ASP segments. (references) | |
Human Rights | Lebanon | In March the Permanent Military Tribunal tried the owner of the ISP and a human rights activist on charges of violating national security and sentenced them to 1 month in prison. (references) |
Lebanon | On April 30, the Military Court of Cassation nullified a verdict issued by the Permanent Military Tribunal, which had sentenced the owner of an Internet service provider (ISP) and a human rights activist to 1 month in prison. (references) | |
Political Economy | ALGERIA | On July 31, 2001, a second GSM license was awarded to Orascom, an Egyptian firm that expects to start providing services in February 2002. The second state-owned firm to be created will be an ISP provider and will compete with other providers. (references) |
Trade | Sweden | Licensing decisions are taken by ISP, but matters of fundamental significance should be referred to the Swedish Government for decision. (references) |
Travel | Thailand | For electronic communications, Thailand provides three main solutions for temporary Internet access . First, purchasing an Internet package from a local ISP in prepaid amounts for anywhere from 10 to 50 hours . Second, cyber-cafés, which are located throughout Bangkok and in major provinces . Third, Internet access provided in high-end hotels catering to business travelers . Internet access and high-speed Internet service has been provided while wireless Internet connectivity will soon be offered in luxury hotel rooms. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "ISP": cafs-isp. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
isp | 8,180 | isp comparison | 62 |
best isp | 2,665 | virtual isp | 61 |
free isp | 1,937 | become an isp | 59 |
isp provider | 803 | nation wide isp | 57 |
isp cheap | 318 | uk isp | 57 |
wireless isp | 179 | wholesale isp | 52 |
isp and pa | 160 | yahoo isp | 51 |
satellite isp | 151 | nationwide isp | 50 |
dsl isp | 140 | business isp | 50 |
low cost isp | 113 | isp list | 49 |
isp review | 96 | isp search | 49 |
hi vista isp | 92 | canada isp | 48 |
christian isp | 80 | isp address | 46 |
drhc.gc.ca hrdc isp | 78 | be your own isp | 46 |
adobe cgi css domain firework graphic hosting isp mysql name photo php shop site web xhtml | 74 | seattle isp | 46 |
isp rating | 74 | broadband isp | 45 |
dial up isp | 73 | local isp | 43 |
isp xtra | 72 | california isp | 42 |
free isp provider | 65 | isp reseller | 42 |
los angeles isp | 62 | isp speed test | 42 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "ISP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | 网络服务提供, 特網提供商 (Internet service provider). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ispay proveedor de servicios internet. (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "ISP": crisp, lisp, wisp. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ISP": antispasmodic, antispasmodics, antispeculation, antispeculative, antispending, cisplatin, cisplatins, crispate, crispbread, crispbreads, crisped, crispen, crispened, crispening, crispens, crisper, crispers, crispest, crispier, crispiest, crispily, crispiness, crispinesses, crisping, crisply, crispness, crispnesses, crisps, crispy, disparage, disparaged, disparagement, disparagements, disparager, disparagers, disparages, disparaging, disparagingly, disparate, disparately, disparateness, disparatenesses, disparities, disparity, dispart, disparted, disparting, disparts, dispassion, dispassionate, dispassionately. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: pis, psi, sip. | |
| Words within the letters "i-p-s" | |
-1 letter: is, pi, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-p-s" | |
+1 letter: dips, gips, hips, imps, kips, lips, lisp, nips, phis, pias, pics, pies, pigs, pins, pips, pish, piso, piss, pits, pois, psis, rips, ship, simp, sipe, sips, skip, slip, snip, spic, spik, spin, spit, spiv, tips, wisp, yips, zips. | |
+2 letters: aphis, apish, apsis, aspic, aspis, blips, chips, clips, crisp, dipso, drips, epics, flips, gimps, gipsy, grips, impis, kepis, lapis, limps, lisps, nipas, opsin, padis, paiks, pails, pains, pairs, paisa, paise, paris, pavis, peins, peise, penis, peris, pians, picas, picks, piers, pikas, pikes, pikis, piles, pilis, pills, pilus, pimas, pimps, pinas, pines, pings, pinks, pints, pions, pious, pipes, pirns, pisco, pisos, piste, pitas, piths, pixes, plies, poise, polis, posit, pries, prigs, prims, prise, prism, priss, psoai, pubis, pulis, puris, pyins, pyxis, quips, ripes, sapid, scrip, sepia, sepic, ships, simps, siped, sipes, sirup, situp, skimp, skips, slipe, slips, slipt, snipe, snips, spahi, spail, spait, speil, speir, spica, spice, spick, spics, spicy, spied, spiel, spier, spies, spiff, spike, spiks, spiky, spile, spill, spilt, spine, spins, spiny, spire, spirt, spiry, spite, spits, spitz, spivs, split, spoil, sprig, sprit, stipe, stirp, strip, swipe, tapis, tipis, tipsy, topis, trips, whips, wimps, wipes, wisps, wispy, yipes. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Abbreviations | 9. Acronyms 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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