ISP en · NOUN
Meanings
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(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of InterStellar Polarization.
alt of InterStellar Polarization
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(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, qualifier:digital signal processing) Initialism of Image Signal Processor
alt of Image Signal Processor
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(Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Internet Service Provider (a company that provides Internet access for a fee).
alt of Internet Service Provider
Virgin Media, one of the UK's largest ISPs, has agreed to forward British music industry nastygrams to subscribers suspected of illegal file-swapping. […] But left undiscussed is the core question of why Virgin is whoring itself out like this; the law doesn't require it, and passing on letters from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) won't make an ISP more dosh. Or will it?
2008 June 16, Nate Anderson, “Cash, not idealism, behind ISP embrace of music biz”, in Ars Technica, archived from the original on 28 May 2022, retrieved 10 Feb 2009:Status code 451 can be used by a website such as Facebook or Twitter, or by network intermediaries like a firewall or ISP. […] Take, for example, the U.K. government’s decision in 2012 to force ISPs to block torrent site The Pirate Bay. Instead of throwing up a 403 Forbidden code, ISPs could instead return 451 to make it clear why their customers can’t see specific content.
2015 December 21, Ian Paul, “Error 451 is the new Ray Bradbury-inspired HTTP code for online censorship”, in PCWorld, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2025:Upon my glorious ISP homepage is a wonderful piece of wisdumb […]
2008, Allan A. Zarbock, The Emperor is Naked, page 58:
- (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Interface Segregation Principle, one of the five SOLID principles of programming.
- (qualifier:rocket engineering) Iₛₚ, the specific impulse of a rocket engine.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISPs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (31)
ka ინტერნეტ-სერვისის პროვაიდერი (Internet service provider) · sjo ᠠᡞ ᠠᡞᠰ ᡦᡞ (Internet service provider) · de ISP (Internet service provider) · cmn 互聯網服務供應商 /互联网服务供应商 (Internet service provider) · ru прова́йдер (Internet service provider) · pt provedor de acesso à Internet (Internet service provider) · nl internetprovider (Internet service provider) · hu internetszolgáltató (Internet service provider) · nb internettleverandør (Internet service provider) · tr ISS (Internet service provider) · ru интерне́т-прова́йдер (Internet service provider) · ia Providitor de Servicios de Interrete (Internet service provider) · pt fornecedor de acesso à Internet (Internet service provider) · nn internettleverandør (Internet service provider) · fr fournisseur d'accès à internet (Internet service provider) · no ISP (Internet service provider) · ia ISP (Internet service provider) · ru поставщи́к услу́г интерне́та (Internet service provider) · nds-de internetanbeder (Internet service provider) · fi ISP (Internet service provider) · pt fornecedor de serviço de Internet (Internet service provider) · nl internetaanbieder (Internet service provider) · pt ISP (Internet service provider) · sv ISP (Internet service provider) · sv internetleverantör (Internet service provider) · af internetdiensverskaffer (Internet service provider) · pt provedor de serviço de Internet (Internet service provider) · fi internet-palveluntarjoaja (Internet service provider) · ka ინტერნეტ-მომსახურების მიმწოდებელი (Internet service provider) · ka ISP (Internet service provider) · no Internettleverandør (Internet service provider)