The word modem is a condensation of the two words modulate and demodulate. In the day of dial up, it takes the incoming analog telephone signal and modulates it into digital binary a computer can read. Out going it does the opposite, taking the binary digital computer code back into analog and out over the wire. Of course today, we have cable modems and wireless broadband.
Modem is a device which modulates and demodulates a signal.
Modulator/Demodulator.
A modem is needed for internet and other commuinications. It is needed to connect to the isp, it sends and decode transmittions. For more information, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modem
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The word "modem" comes from the contracting of the two wordsmodulator, and demodulator.MOdulation DEModulation
MOdulation DEModulation.
Fraud committed by means of electronic communication, as by telephone or modem. Viper1
No, it is not an adverb. The word modem (from modulate-demodulate) is a noun, a device that changes electrical impulses into sound, and vice versa.
modulator and demodulator
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