Found 2 hits - Term: modulator-demodulator, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
modulator-demodulator \mod"ula`tor-de`mod"ula`tor\, n.
an electronic device that converts electronic signals into
sound waves, and sound waves into electronic signals, used to
transmit information between computers by the use of ordinary
telephone lines; usually called a modem.
pjc
see also:
modem
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
modem \mo"dem\ m=o"de^m, n. by shortening from
modulator-demodulator.
an electronic device that converts electronic signals into
sound waves, and sound waves into electronic signals, used to
transmit information between computers by the use of ordinary
telephone lines; also called modulator-demodulator; as, the
latest modems can transmit data at 56,000 baud over a clear
telephone line. the speed of transmission of information by a
modem is usually measured in units of baud, equivalent to
bits per second.
pjc
see also:
modulator-demodulator baud
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