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What is a modem?

modem

modem (an item of electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line)

class, type of manufactured item

Class: type of manufactured item
Parent Class: item of computer hardware, networking or connectivity item, item of networking hardware
Types: adsl modem, wireless modem, wired modem, external moden, PCI modem
Wikipedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modem
Providers: U.S. Robotics, ZyXEL, Vodacom Tanzania, Sterlite Optical Technologies
Wordnet Synset ID: "103777754"
Amazon Browse Node: "10392191"
OpenCyc ID: "Mx4rvVi7a5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA"
DBPedia URI: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Modem
Distinct From: Central processing unit, item of computer memory hardware, ebook reader, mp3 player

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Modem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A modem (modulator-demodulator) is a device that modulates an analog carrier signal to encode digital information, and also demodulates such a carrier signal to decode the ...

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