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A type of connection that is established using a modem.
To make the dial-up connection the modem must be connected to an
active phone line that is not in use. The modem will pickup the
phone and dial a number where another computer is located. Once
a connection has been made the two computers will be able to
talk to each other and transmit data allowing the user to check
his or her e-mail, browse the
Internet, or share files. The
first dial-up connection was made in
1965 by Lawrence G.
Roberts with MIT with a TX-2 computer
in Massachusetts and Tom Marill with a Q-32 at SDC in
California.
Today, with the increase of
multimedia on the Internet and larger file sizes most users
will have a difficult and un-enjoyable time browsing the
Internet using a traditional dial-up connection. Most users who
have the available option are starting to upgrade to some type
of broadband connection, which
allows a much faster download and
upload.
Also see: Broadband,
Dial-Up Network, Modem,
Modem definitions
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