Stands for digital subscriber line.
"Line" was replaced with "loop" quite recently.
A
family of computers that share a connection over their companies
local telephone network and allow for the transmission of digital data. A step up from ole dial up, however...
Largely considered (and is, actually) inferior to cable, T1, fiber optic, etc, however,
people still use it.
I wanted a faster internet connection, so I switched my ISP to
something that provided higher
speed internet over a cable line.
Hey, somebody's got to preserve whatever dignity this acronym has left.
DSL=Digital Subscribing Line.
Don't forget it.