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IPA transcription: ['moʊdəmz]
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Noun
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(from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line
Usage examples
- This behavior is appropriate for traditional cable modems, but not for cable set-top boxes.
- Most of modems seen in market at this time support autobaud.
- Software modems using the computer's sound card have lowered hardware requirements even further.
- Softmodems are sometimes used as an example of a hard real-time system.
- Cable modems can have a problem known in industry jargon as "flap" or "flapping".