/ˈməʊdəm/, /ˈməʊdɛm/, /ˈmoʊdəm/
OriginClipping of modulator-demodulator
- 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, cu”
- 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!”
“He had to modem in to the agency and say that there was an emergency […]”
Formsmodems(plural) · modems(present, singular, third-person) · modeming(participle, present) · modemming(participle, present) · modemed(participle, past) · modemed(past) · modemmed(participle, past) · modemmed(past)