dial-up
/ˈdaɪəl ʌp/adjective
उच्चारण डायल अप
डायल-अप (टेलीफ़ोन लाइन से चलने वाला पुराना धीमा इंटरनेट कनेक्शन)
Core word
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[only before noun]
(of an internet connection) made through a telephone line and a modem, and much slower than broadband
डायल-अप (टेलीफ़ोन लाइन से चलने वाला पुराना धीमा इंटरनेट कनेक्शन)
- In the 1990s most homes used a dial-up connection.
- A dial-up modem makes a screeching sound when it connects.
- Dial-up internet was slow, but it was the only option.
+ 2 more examples
- We used a dial-up connection to check our email.
- The village still relied on dial-up in the early 2000s.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
dial-up + noun
Dial-up is a compound adjective used before a noun, mainly connection, internet, modem and service. It is written with a hyphen.
'Dial-up' compound adjective है जो noun से पहले आता है, मुख्यतः connection, internet, modem और service के साथ। इसे hyphen के साथ लिखा जाता है।
- Dial-up internet was very slow.
- My uncle still remembers his dial-up connection.
dial-up (noun)
Dial-up can also be a noun, meaning the old way of connecting to the internet by telephone line. It takes no article in this sense.
'Dial-up' noun भी हो सकता है, अर्थात फ़ोन लाइन से इंटरनेट जोड़ने का पुराना तरीका। इस अर्थ में इसके साथ article नहीं आता।
- Many villages used dial-up before broadband arrived.
on dial-up / over dial-up
Use on or over to say the kind of connection being used.
कौन-सा कनेक्शन प्रयोग हो रहा है, यह बताने के लिए 'on' या 'over' आता है।
- Downloading a video on dial-up could take hours.
dial-up and the verb phrase dial up
As a verb phrase, two words are used with no hyphen: to dial up somebody means to telephone them.
क्रिया-वाक्यांश के रूप में दो अलग शब्द आते हैं, hyphen नहीं: 'dial up somebody' का अर्थ किसी को फ़ोन करना है।
- He dialled up the exchange to report the fault.
+Collocations 4
dial-up + noun
connectionmodeminternetaccessservice
- The dial-up modem made a loud noise while connecting.
adjective + dial-up
slowoldcheapearlylimited
- Slow dial-up access limited what we could do online.
compare with
broadbandfibreWi-Fi4Gleased line
- Broadband replaced dial-up in most cities.
verb + dial-up
useswitch fromreplaceconnect throughdepend on
- The school switched from dial-up to broadband.
“More examples 5
- In the 1990s, most Indian homes had no internet, and dial-up was used only in offices.
1990 के दशक में अधिकांश भारतीय घरों में इंटरनेट नहीं था और dial-up केवल दफ़्तरों में प्रयोग होता था।
- Dial-up was so slow that a single photo took minutes to open.
Dial-up इतना धीमा था कि एक फ़ोटो खुलने में कई मिनट लग जाते थे।
- Radhika's father explained how a dial-up connection blocked the phone line.
राधिका के पिता ने समझाया कि dial-up कनेक्शन फ़ोन लाइन को रोक देता था।
- Rural areas without broadband sometimes depended on dial-up in the early 2000s.
बिना broadband वाले ग्रामीण इलाके 2000 के दशक की शुरुआत में कभी-कभी dial-up पर निर्भर थे।
- The museum displayed a dial-up modem beside an old telephone.
संग्रहालय ने एक पुराने टेलीफ़ोन के पास dial-up modem रखा था।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ The village used a dial up connection.
✓ The village used a dial-up connection.
As an adjective before a noun, dial-up needs a hyphen.
Noun से पहले adjective के रूप में 'dial-up' को hyphen चाहिए।