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/ˈməʊdəm/
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/ˈməʊdɛm/
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/ˈmoʊdəm/
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/ˈmoʊdɛm/
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ˈməʊdəm
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ˈmoʊdəm
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Noun
A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a phone line.
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Choose and rent, over PC and modem and fiber-optic line, from tens of thousands of second-run films, documentaries, the occasional sport, old beloved non—‘Happy Days’ programs, wholly new programs, cultural stuff, and c.[…]
Verb
To transmit by modem.
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Personal modeming is most prevalent in the U.S., where a modem generally doesn't have huge taxes slapped on it, and after-tax income is comparatively high.
“Books” can even be faxed or modemed to you!
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He had to modem in to the agency and say that there was an emergency […]
Noun
(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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