Modem Definition

mōdəm
modems
noun
A device that converts data to a form that can be transmitted, as over communications lines, to equipment where a similar device reconverts it.
Webster's New World
verb

To transmit by modem.

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Other Word Forms of Modem

Noun

Singular:
modem
Plural:
modems

Origin of Modem

  • Short for modulator-demodulator.

    From Wiktionary

  • mo(dulator) dem(odulator)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Modem Sentence Examples

  • I am now thinking about getting adsl modem with built-in wireless router and using wireless USB adapters for the desktop and the laptop.

  • They come with rechargeable batteries and a built-in radio modem.

  • This is the standard networking cable that you'd use with your high-speed modem and router.

  • Communications - Ethernet, modem or wireless, these are the three ways computers can get online to communicate with the outside world.

  • Tethering is when the phone is used as a cellular modem for a notebook computer, getting that laptop connected to the Internet.

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