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.