adsl

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adsl - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
  ADSL
  Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop
  
     <communications, protocol> (ADSL, or Asymmetric Digital
     Subscriber Loop) A form of Digital Subscriber Line in which
     the bandwidth available for downstream connection is
     significantly larger then for upstream.  Although designed
     to minimise the effect of crosstalk between the upstream and
     downstream channels this setup is well suited for web browsing
      and client-server applications as well as for
     some emerging applications such as video on demand.
  
     The data-rate of ADSL strongly depends on the length and
     quality of the line connecting the end-user to the telephone
     company.  Typically the upstream data flow is between 16 and
     640 kilobits per second while the downstream data flow is
     between 1.5 and 9 megabits per second.  ADSL also provides a
     voice channel.
  
     ADSL can carry digital data, analog voice, and broadcast
     MPEG2 video in a variety of implementations to meet customer
     needs.
  
     ["Data Cooks, But Will Vendors Get Burned?", "Supercomm
     Spotlight On ADSL" & "Lucent Sells Paradine", Wilson & Carol,
     Inter@ctive Week Vol. 3 #13, p1 & 6, June 24 1996].
  
     See also Carrierless Amplitude/Phase Modulation, Discrete MultiTone
     .
  
     ADSL Forum (http://adsl.com/).
  
     (1998-05-18)
  

adsl - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  ADSL
         Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line [technology] (BELLCORE, AT&T,
  DSL, ADSL)
         

  ADSL
         Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop [modulation]