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/ISP/ 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 (like
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America Online, CompuServe, GEnie, Netcom, etc.) are technically ISPs, the
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term is usually reserved for local or regional small providers (often run by
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hackers turned entrepreneurs) who resell Internet access cheaply without
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themselves being information providers or selling advertising. Compare NSP.
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