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Verb
/ˈmōdəm/,/ˈmōˌdem/,
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modems, plural;
  1. Send (data) by modem

Noun
  1. A combined device for modulation and demodulation, for example, between the digital data of a computer and the analog signal of a telephone line

  1. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line
  2. A modem (modulator-demodulator) is a device that modulates an analog carrier signal to encode digital information, and also demodulates such a carrier signal to decode the transmitted information. ...
  3. The Democratic Movement (Mouvement démocrate, MoDem) is a centrist, social liberal and pro-European French political party that was founded by centrist politician François Bayrou to succeed his Union for French Democracy (UDF) and to contest the 2007 legislative election, after his strong ...
  4. Modem is a fictional character in the DC Universe. He first appeared in Keith Giffen's Suicide Squad vol. 2, #2 (December 2001).
  5. A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals and vice versa and allows computers to communicate over a phone line
  6. (Modems) Connect private data over public telephone circuits using analog signals
  7. A device that connects a computer to a phone line. A telephone for a computer. A modem allows a computer to talk to other computers through the phone system. Basically, modems do for computers what a telephone does for humans. ...
  8. Device that converts data from analog to digital and back again.
  9. device for the transmission of data via dial-up networking.
  10. A device that allows a PC to communicate and exchange information with other modem-equipped computers via telephone lines. The current standard for modems is 56k, which allows you to transfer data at up to 56,000 bits per second.
  11. Hardware equipment to connect a computer to a telephone network Typically used to connect to the Internet via a telephone line.
  12. Mostly used over phone lines, a device that converts electronic stored information from point a. to point b.
  13. device transforming analogue signals into digital signals and vice versa. This equipment is necessary for connecting to the Internet (where the data exchanged are digital data).
  14. This is a word created out of the beginning letters of two other words: MOdulation and DEModulation. The words mean the changing of data from digital (computer language) to analog (phone line language) and then back again. It represents the purpose of your computer's modem.
  15. A piece of network equipment that you use to gain access to the Internet - typically either DSL through your phone line or Cable service.
  16. Modulator/demodulator. A device that transforms a typical two-level computer signal into a form suitable for transmission over a telephone line. Also does the reverse--transforms an encoded signal on a telephone line into a two-level computer signal.
  17. (MOdulator-DEModulator) - a device for converting digital data into audio signals and back again. Primarily used for connecting to a dial-up  internet service but can also be used for a direct connection between remote computers using telephone lines.
  18. Acronym for MOulate DEModulate. An electronic device that attaches to a computer and links that computer to the online world via a telephone line. Modems are available for any computer, can be internal or external, and come in several speeds, known as the baud rate. ...
  19. Device that converts signals in one form to another form compatible with another kind of equipment.
  20. A hardware device that allows computers to communicate with each other by transmitting signals over telephone lines enabling what is called "dial-up access." Modems come in different speeds. The higher the speed, the faster the data transmission.
  21. (MOdulator, DEModulator)
  22. Modulator/demodulator; electronic device that enables digital data to be sent over analog transmission facilities.
  23. (Modulator Demodulator) - A modem modulates outgoing digital signals from a computer or other digital device to analog signals for a conventional copper twisted pair telephone line and demodulates the incoming analog signal and converts it to a digital signal for the digital device, usually a ...
  24. A device used to convert serial digital data from a transmitting terminal to a signal suitable for transmission over a telephone channel to reconvert the transmitted signal to serial digital data for the receiving terminal. [800-82] Acronym for modulator-demodulator. ...
  25. A communication device that is used for the modulation and demodulation.