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MODEM
modem
(noun) (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
modem (plural modems)
A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals and vice versa and allows computers to communicate over a phone line.
Verb
modem (third-person singular simple present modems, present participle modeming, simple past and past participle modemed)
To transmit by modem.
Anagrams
• domme, ommed
Source: Wiktionary
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
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