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7 definitions found From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: 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}. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: ISP 1. {Internet Service Provider}. 2. {Instruction Set Processor}. From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: ISP Image Synthesis Processor (IC, Graphik, TSP) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: ISP Integrated System Peripheral control (Wyse) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: ISP Interactive String Processor (BS2000) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: ISP International Standardized Profiles (ISO) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: ISP Internet Service Provider (Internet)
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