modem

CEFRB1

/ˈməʊdəm/

noun

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At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Also pronounced

Deep Dive

Extra meaning

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

In context

Tom has a fast 56k 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.
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.[…]

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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.[…]
1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 416
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.
1992, Jim Kimble, How to get started with modems, page 73
“Books” can even be faxed or modemed to you!
1994, Carole Marsh, Jurassic Ark! Alaska Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Creatures, page 7
He had to modem in to the agency and say that there was an emergency […]
1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 19

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