dial-up connection

collocation in English

meaningsofdial-upandconnection

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dial-up
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈdaɪ.əl.ʌp/us
/ˈdaɪ.əl.ʌp/
Dial-up computer systems, devices, and internet services use a phone line to ...
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connection
noun
uk
/kəˈnek.ʃən/us
/kəˈnek.ʃən/
the state of being related to someone or ...
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(Definition ofdial-upandconnectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdial-up connection

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That is an option, but for most users in most households, who are still using adial-upconnection, it is quite unsatisfactory.
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Students are able to connect remotely to the school network through adial-upconnectionfor two hours each evening.
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Older units were only able to accomplish this download via adial-upconnection.
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Its accelerated dial-up made use of caching and compression, which allowed a user on adial-upconnectionto surf quicker.
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It does not work with adial-upconnection.
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This upgraded thedial-upconnectionto high-speed broadband capability.
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Because of the low-tech nature of its graphics, it became available to anyone who had a computer and adial-upconnection.
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The availability of internet is mostlydial-upconnection.
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This is not broadband however, and adial-upconnectionis still needed.
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If thedial-upconnectionis of higher quality, and maybe about 42 kbit/s is available, the server will automatically switch to the 32 kbit/s stream.
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The two playerdial-upconnectionallowed one player to dial in to the other player's computer in order to play either cooperatively or in deathmatch style combat.
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Unlike dial-up connections, a leased line is always active.
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Users typically connected via dial-up connections or dedicated async connections.
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Dial-up connections typically do not exceed a speed of 56 kbit/s, because they are primarily made via a 56k modem.
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Dial-up connections generally require the dedicated use of a telephone line.
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Users typically connected via dial-up connections or dedicated asynchronous connections.
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