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

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FOCUS

(noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; “in focus”; “out of focus”


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