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Modem   /mˈoʊdəm/   Listen
Modem

noun
1.
(from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.



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acoustic modem


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"Modem" Quotes from Famous Books



... extended one of the masterpieces of Maud Goodman. It was an amorous and not unpleasant little hole when the curtains were drawn, and the lights turned on, and the gas-stove unlit. But it struck that shallow makeshift note that is so often heard in the modem dwelling-place. It had been too easily gained, and could be relinquished ...
— Howards End • E. M. Forster


Words linked to "Modem" :   acoustic modem, electronic equipment


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