dial-up
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4ADJ.
still
VERB + DIAL-UP
connect, remember, uses
DIAL-UP + NOUN
bbses, internet, modem
PREP.
in, than
Definitions
adj
Requiring a telephone number to be dialed.
dial-up networking
In dial-up networking, both your PC and the remote system run network-protocol (called TCP/IP) software. When your PC dials up and sets up a communication path, the network protocols exchange data packets over that dial-up connection.
noun
A network connection that requires a telephone number to be dialed.
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6dial-up networking
WiktionaryIn dial-up networking, both your PC and the remote system run network-protocol (called TCP/IP) software. When your PC dials up and sets up a communication path, the network protocols exchange data pac
WiktionaryImogen of the Internet can connect to dial-up BBSes by whistling into a funnel attached to a phone line.
Tatoeba · #790483Tom still uses dial-up Internet.
Tatoeba · #1534200If you were alive in the late ’80s and early ’90s, you’ll remember the dial-up speeds of the terrestrial internet – slow and painful.
Tatoeba · #10545954It was a daring move at a time when many people's web experience was little more than a dial-up modem.
Tatoeba · #12135886