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What device allows data to be sent from computer to computer over a telephone line?
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∙ 14y ago
A modem allows data to be transferred over a telephone line. It is a combination of MOdulate - DEModulate. One device modulates a digital signal from the computer into an analog signal for the telephone line, then the other device demodulates the signal back into digital for the receiving computer.
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∙ 15y agoThis is called a modem. The word modem comes from a sort of abbreviation for what it does, modulate (MO) demodulate (DEM).
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∙ 11y agoThe hardware device is called a Modem (usually a dialup or a/dsl modem card) .It stands for Modulator / Demodulator and it transmits data using a phone line
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∙ 6y agoIt is a device called a "modem".
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