dial-up
4
3.8
- noun
- /ˈdaɪəl ʌp/
- Archaic
:
conexión por marcado
- I think broadband is now cheaper than dial-up, although who could ever calculate such a thing?
Examples
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Although it's hard to imagine, at one point, all of us were perfectly happy with dial-up.
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Despite the advantages of broadband, some users prefer dial-up for its simplicity.
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I only have dial-up at home.
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His mother, Barbara Wiggins, 55, uses dial-up Internet to pay bills.
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We didn't realize how crappy dial-up was until broadband arrived.
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George and Barbara Wiggins still use dial-up Internet, though they said one of their neighbors has received high-speed internet.
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On a recent morning, Cedric Wiggins logged onto his dial-up connection and tried to look for a job.
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Jimmy Brite and his son, Brandon, 12, have dial-up Internet at their home in Glacier, Whatcom County, but cellphone service isn't available.
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Many rural areas still rely on dial-up connections for their internet access.
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The dial-up internet was much slower than what we have today with high-speed connections.
Antonyms
How Fast
- Specialized
7
3.9
100
3.2
- Texting
45
2.8
- Archaic
4
3.8
- Specialized
1
6.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dial-up as a noun comes from the phone action dial ('to call a number') plus up ('connected'), because people had to call the internet provider on a telephone line to make the connection. So, a dial-up is an internet connection that uses a phone line and is typically slow.