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It came from MOdulator DEModulator. In its transmit function, it turns digital bits into tones of a frequency which an audio channel can handle (MOdulation), and in its receive function it turns the tones back into digital bits (DEModulation).

It is really not an abbreviation nor an acronym, but rather a portmanteau word.

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