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单词 dial-up
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dial-upadj.n.

Brit. /ˈdʌɪəlʌp/, U.S. /ˈdaɪ(ə)lˌəp/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dial v., up adv.1
Etymology: < dial v. + up adv.1, in later use after to dial up 1b at dial v. Phrasal verbs 1. Compare to ring up (see ring v.1 14).
Computing and Telecommunications.
A. adj.
Designating a data transmission link that is part of a public telephone network and is accessed by dialling or keying (either manually or automatically); relating to such a link.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [adjective] > types of telephony
radio-telephonic1908
dial-up1960
touch-tone1960
cellular1972
1960 Datamation Jan. 57 The data transceiver equipped with a dial-up telephone feature, can transmit 10 eight-column punched cards a minute.
1969 G. B. Davis Computer Data Processing xvi. 400 T elex... A dial-up network for low-speed communications.
1975 Rep. Computer Board Managem. (Univ. Coll., London) 2 Of the initial 32 lines, half are hardwired and the rest dial-up.
1979 J. E. Rowley Mechanised In-house Information Syst. i. 63 The user may use private leased lines or rely on the public telephone network, using dial-up lines.
2004 P. O'Connor Using Computers in Hospitality (ed. 3) iv. 102 The cost of a dial-up line is based on normal telephone charges.
B. n.
1. The action or practice of dialling up; an instance of this.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > methods and procedures
release1882
trunking1896
hunting1912
dialling1927
hunt1927
trunk dialling1952
direct distance dialling1955
direct dialling1958
dial-up1967
1967 Proc. Inst. in Technic. & Industr. Communications 31/2 Because the equipment in the telephone central offices can handle only so many dial-ups a minute, this is another way the offices could become overloaded.
1978 W. S. Davis Information Processing Syst. xvi. 351 Dial-up can get expensive if the call is long distance.
2005 A. Sugano Real-World Network Troubleshooting Man. vii. 260 Consider installing a backup ISDN line that is configured for auto dial-up in case the primary WAN connect goes down.
2. A dial-up data link; dial-up internet access.
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1972 Computerworld 3 May 4/5 AT&T gives users greater flexibility with these [leased] lines than with dial-up.
1995 M. Slatalla & J. Quittner Masters of Deception (1996) xi. 150 You dial a local phone number. It's called a dialup, because you're literally dialing up the Tymnet computer.
2002 Chicago Tribune 8 Apr. iv. 1/3 49 percent of Internet time was via dial-ups.
2009 New Scientist 31 Oct. 21 Deliver high-speed internet access to rural communities that now use dial-up.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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