access provider

noun

: internet service provider
… a separate, controversial proposal to redefine broadband access providers as telecommunications services.Cecilia Kang

Examples of access provider in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Authorized Account Holder is the natural person who is assigned to the email address by the relevant Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the corresponding domain. chicagotribune.com, 20 Dec. 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1993, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of access provider was in 1993

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“Access provider.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/access%20provider. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.

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