What does DSL Mean/?

Answer 1

Digital Subscriber Loop
or
Digital Subscriber Line

Answer 2

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL): A data communications technology that uses either DMT or CAP to transmit information over the copper wires that make up the local loop. Standard rate DSL can provide 50 times the bandwidth of a 33.6 kbps modem.Unlike Dial Up,with DSL;you can use the phone & internet at the same time.

Answer 3

My dictionaries explanation:

DSL n. Acronym for Digital Subscriber Line, a recently developed (late 1990s) digital communications technology that can provide high-speed transmissions over standard copper telephone wiring. DSL is often referred to as xDSL, where the x stands for one or two characters that define variations of the basic DSL technology. Currently, ADSL (Asymmetric DSL) is the form most likely to be provided, but even it is, as yet, available only to limited groups of subscribers. See also ADSL, DSL Lite, HDSL, RADSL, SDSL, VDSL.

My own explanation:

Its some kind of connection and like dial-up it uses phone lines, when you call someone or use dial-up to connect to internet, you only use small part of wires used in phone lines, and still there is enough space in that line to carry much more data, DSL use that space for transferring data and still you can make phone calls which means your phone line would not be busy when you are connected with DSL and you only pay a monthly charge not a charge for minutes you were connected so you can be 24/7 connected with very higher speed than dial-up but you need a new modem (DSL modem)

Answer 4

Digital Subscriber Line

Answer 5

Digital Subscriber Line

Answer 6

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dsl

DSL or xDSL, is a family of technologies that provide digital data transmission over the wires of a local telephone network. DSL originally stood for digital subscriber loop, although in recent years, many have adopted digital subscriber line as a more marketing-friendly term for the most popular version of DSL, ADSL.

Typically, the download speed of consumer DSL services ranges from 256 kilobits per second (kbit/s) to 24,000kbit/s, depending on DSL technology, line conditions and service level implemented. Typically, upload speed is lower than download speed for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) and equal to download speed for Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line (SDSL).

For more information refer to full article at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dsl

Hope this helps!

Answer 7

DSL stands for 'digital subscriber line'

Answer 8

Digital Subscriber Line.. meaning you can use both phone and connect to the internet.. at the same time..

Answer 9

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Answer 10

digital suscriber line... transmits digital data over wires of telephone networks. its like service to offer high speed internet