wireline adj. of communication or technology, connected by cable or wire; the opposite of wireless. Etymological Note: From the noun “wireline,” defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as “a telegraph or telephone line of wire” and dating to 1934, but reinforced by more recent repeated back-formation from “wireless.” (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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