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Mo·dem

/ˈmōdəm/

noun
- 1. a combined device for modulation and demodulation, for example, between the digital data of a computer and the analog signal of a phone line.
verb
- 1. send (data) by modem: "Iva and Bill were modeming new programs to New Orleans"
Word Origin 1950s: blend of modulator and demodulator.
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A modulator-demodulator or modem is a computer hardware device that converts data from a digital format into a format suitable for an analog transmission medium such as telephone or radio. A modem transmits data by modulating one or more carrier wave signals to encode digital information, while the receiver demodulates the signal to recreate the original digital information. The goal is to produce... Wikipedia
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