DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does digital subscriber line mean? 

• DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE (noun)
  The noun DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE has 1 sense:

1. a generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds

  Familiarity information: DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

digital subscriber line; DSL

Hypernyms ("digital subscriber line" is a kind of...):

line; phone line; subscriber line; telephone circuit; telephone line (a telephone connection)