modem

UK /ˈməʊdəm/ US /ˈməʊdəm/
noun 1verb 1

Definitions

noun

1

A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a phone line.

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

1

To transmit by modem.

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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