modem
noun/ˈməʊdəm/UK/ˈmoʊdəm/US
Etymology
Clipping of modulator-demodulator
Definitions
A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone signals and vice…
A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a phone line.
- Choose and rent, over PC and modem and fiber-optic line, from tens of thousands of second-run films, documentaries, the occasional sport, old beloved non—‘Happy Days’ programs, wholly new programs, cultural stuff, and c.[…]
To transmit by modem.
- Personal modeming is most prevalent in the U.S., where a modem generally doesn't have huge taxes slapped on it, and after-tax income is comparatively high.
- “Books” can even be faxed or modemed to you!
- He had to modem in to the agency and say that there was an emergency […]
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for modem. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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