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modem

[ moh-duhm, -dem ]

noun

  1. an electronic device that makes possible the transmission of data to or from a computer via telephone or other communication lines.


verb (used with object)

  1. to send or receive (information, data, or the like) via a modem.

modem

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noun

  1. computing a device for connecting two computers by a telephone line, consisting of a modulator that converts computer signals into audio signals and a corresponding demodulator
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modem

/ ³¾Å′»åÉ™³¾ /

  1. A device for transmitting and receiving digital data over telephone wires. Modems send data by converting it into audio signals and receive it by converting audio signals back into digital form. The speed at which modems transmit data is measured in bps (bits per second).

modem

  1. A device that links a personal computer to a telephone line, so that the computer can receive information from other computers.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of modem1

mo(dulator) - dem(odulator)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of modem1

C20: from mo ( dulator ) dem ( odulator )
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Song hooked an external battery to her router and modem and was able to communicate with neighbors who couldn’t check the warnings and orders due to spotty cell service and power outages.

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Friends, alerted by his message, quickly asked her to disconnect his modem, freeing him from their grip.

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The actual road that led Redick to the Lakers has been lined with coaxial cables, modems and Wi-Fi signals, and is painfully and, at times, beautifully structureless.

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Net neutrality has been a partisan football for more than two decades, or ever since high-speed broadband connections began to supplant dial-up modems.

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That, plus subsequent cases, eventually would help popularize the internet — jacking early modems into the telephone system — and the legal breakup of the AT&T/Bell monopoly.

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