Telephone modem

mo·dem (m

A device for transmitting usually digital data over telephone wires by modulating the data into an audio signal to send it and demodulating an audio signal into data to receive it.

tr. & intr.v. mo·demed, mo·dem·ing, mo·dems

To transmit or be transmitted by a modem.

[mo(dulator) + dem(odulator).]

modem [ˈməʊdɛm]

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) 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

[from mo(dulator) dem(odulator)]

modem (m

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).

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Noun

modem - (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line

acoustic modem - a modem that converts electrical signals to telephone tones and back again

electronic equipment - equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor)

Translations

modem [ˈməʊdem] N → módem m

modem [ˈməʊdɛm] n → modem m
mode of transport n → moyen m de transport

modem

n → Modem nt

modem [ˈməʊdɛm] n → modem m inv

modem

n modem [ˈmoudem]

a device attached to a computer that enables the transfer of data to or from a computer through telephone lines. modem مودِم في الحاسوب модем modem modem das Modem μόντεμ módem modem مودم modem מוֹדֶם माडम एक यंत्र जो कंप्यूटरों को जोड़ता है modem modem modem modem モデム（変復調装置 변복조 장치 modemas, vertiklis modems modem modem modem modem modem модем modem modem modem modem อุปกรณ์เชื่อมต่ออินเตอร์เน็ตผ่านสายโทรศัพท์ (ทางคอมพิวเตอร์) modem 調制解調器 модем ٹیلیفون اور کمپیوٹر کے درمیان ربط کرنے والا آلہ modem 调制解调器

modem → مودم modem modem Modem μόντεμ módem modeemi modem modem modem モデム 모뎀 modem modem modem modem модем modem โมเด็ม modem môđem 调制解调器

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acoustic coupler
acoustic modem
baud
baud rate
bits per second
bps
connect time
dial-up
electronic equipment
enabling
fax modem
home banking
host
information measure
modem card
modem session
modulator-demodulator
peripheral
peripheral device

Other features of sleep apnea equipment include telephone modems to download data and gauges to monitor patient intake, to adjust pressurized accordingly.

Sleep Apnea Equipment by Tom Houser / Food/cooking/nutrition community

He details the components of an NTP client and how it works; principles guiding network configuration and resource discovery; performance, radio, satellite, and telephone modem dissemination; kernel software that improves accuracy; security and cryptographic algorithms; errors; modeling and analysis of the computer clock; international timekeeping; and the technical history of NTP.

Computer Network Time Synchronization: The Network Time Protocol by SciTech Book News

A WTB spokesman said broadbandservices put an end to the routine of using a dial-up connection via a telephone modem and the need to repeat the process if the connection fails.

Broadband Scheme to boost tourism; Partnership aims to increase ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

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Telephone On-Line Processing System
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Telephone Order, Read Back
Telephone Organization of Thailand

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