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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>ISP</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../I.html" title="I"/><link rel="previous" href="ISO-standard-cup-of-tea.html" title="ISO standard cup of tea"/><link rel="next" href="Itanic.html" title="Itanic"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">ISP</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ISO-standard-cup-of-tea.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">I</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="Itanic.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="ISP"/><dt xmlns="" id="ISP"><b>ISP</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/I<>S<EFBFBD>P/</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Common abbreviation for Internet Service Provider, a kind of company
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that barely existed before 1993. ISPs sell Internet access to the mass
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market. While the big nationwide commercial BBSs with Internet access
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(like America Online, CompuServe, GEnie, Netcom, etc.) are technically
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ISPs, the term is usually reserved for local or regional small providers
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(often run by hackers turned entrepreneurs) who resell Internet access
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cheaply without themselves being information providers or selling
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advertising. Compare <a href="../N/NSP.html"><i class="glossterm">NSP</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ISO-standard-cup-of-tea.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../I.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="Itanic.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">ISO standard cup of tea<65></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>Itanic</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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