Korean slang profile
ADSL
adsl
Asymmetric telephone-line internet technology
An abbreviation for an asymmetric digital subscriber-line technology that uses telephone lines and has different download and upload speeds.
- Expanded form
- Asymmetric Digital Subscriber LineAsymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
- Other spellings
- 에이디에스엘
- Earliest source found
- Jun 11, 2002
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
예전 집에서는 ADSL로 인터넷에 접속했다.
At our old home, we connected to the internet through ADSL.
02Documented history
- 2002-06-11This source introduced “ADSL” and explained its meaning.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A 2002 Electronic Times article explains ADSL’s asymmetric transmission and the expanded form of DSL. A 2006 paper from the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute gives ADSL’s full English expansion in its abbreviation table. Its first user has not been identified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The abbreviation for the internet connection used at the time is covered here. It is distinguished from VDSL; current service availability is not covered.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- <통신인프라가 바뀐다> 초고속인터넷-VDSL,ADSL 계보 잇는다 (전자신문)Published Jun 11, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026
- IPTV 서비스 및 표준화 동향 — 전자통신동향분석21권3호 (한국전자통신연구원)Published Jun 2006Original source checked Nov 14, 2026