Korean slang profile
VDSL
vdsl
High-speed telephone-line data technology
An abbreviation for digital subscriber-line technology that sends and receives data at high speed over short stretches of telephone line.
- Expanded form
- Very-high-bit-rate Digital Subscriber LineVery-high-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line
- Other spellings
- 브이디에스엘
- 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
오래된 인터넷 안내문에서 VDSL 회선이라는 표현을 찾았다.
I found the expression VDSL connection in an old internet-service leaflet.
02Documented history
- 2002-06-11This source introduced “VDSL” and explained its meaning.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A 2002 Electronic Times article explains VDSL’s English expansion and high-speed transmission over telephone lines. The same technology’s service context was also checked in a 2006 ZDNet article. Its first user has not been identified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The 2006 usage context and an earlier explanation of the expanded form were both checked. The transmission speeds in the article were not generalized to every connection.
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
- KT-하나로 속도 경쟁 재점화 (ZDNet Korea)Published Jun 20, 2006Original source checked Nov 14, 2026