"digital subscriber line" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: digital subscriber lines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} digital subscriber line (plural digital subscriber lines)
  1. A family of technologies that provides digital data transmission over the wires of a local telephone network. Often, this notion is used for the Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), the most commonly installed technical variety of DSL. Wikipedia link: digital subscriber line Synonyms: DSL [abbreviation] Related terms: ADSL
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