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Dial-up

In telecommunication, the term dial-up has the following meanings:

Dial-up access typically to the Internet
A service feature in which a user initiates service on a previously arranged trunk or transfers, without human intervention, from an active trunk to a standby trunk.
A service feature that allows a computer terminal to use telephone systems to initiate and effect communications with other computers.

Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188

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