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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>NSP</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../N.html" title="N"/><link rel="previous" href="NSA-line-eater.html" title="NSA line eater"/><link rel="next" href="nude.html" title="nude"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">NSP</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="NSA-line-eater.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">N</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="nude.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="NSP"/><dt xmlns="" id="NSP"><b>NSP</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/N·S·P/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Common abbreviation for ‘Network Service Provider’, one
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of the big national or regional companies that maintains a portion of the
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Internet backbone and resells connectivity to <a href="../I/ISP.html"><i class="glossterm">ISP</i></a>s.
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In 1996, major NSPs include ANS, MCI, UUNET, and Sprint. An Internet
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