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modem definition

mo·dem (mō′dəm, -dem)

noun

a device that converts data to a form that can be transmitted, as by telephone, to data-processing equipment where a similar device reconverts it

Etymology: mo(dulator) + dem(odulator)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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