modem en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- mō'dəm (US)
- /ˈmoʊdɛm/ (US)
- mō'dĕm (US)
- /ˈməʊdɛm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈməʊdəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈmoʊdəm/ (US)
Etymology
Clipping of modulator-demodulator.
Meanings
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A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a phone line.
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1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 416:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| modems | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
radio modem · fax modem · null modem · wireless modem · nonmodem · modemless · Linmodem · smartmodem · softmodem · USB modem · Winmodem · cable modem
Descendants
módem · modemo · Modem · mòdem · моде́м · 모뎀 · מודם · モデム · modemo · modem · modem · modem · modem · modem · modem · modem · modem · մոդեմ · modeemi · modem
Translations (69)
be мадэ́м (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · fy oerset (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · id modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · ru моде́м (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · el διαποδιαμορφωτής (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · tk modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · hi मॉडेम (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · th โมเด็ม (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · nl modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · fr modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · ar مُودِم (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · ko 모뎀 (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · bn মডেম (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · ja モデム (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · ar مُودِم (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · tr modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · pt modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · eo modemo (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · hy մոդեմ (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · cmn 調制解調器 /调制解调器 (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · et modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · sk modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · mk мо́дем (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · sq modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · el μοντέμ (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · sw modemu (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · uk моде́м (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · nds-de Toonwandler (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · af modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · sh мо̀де̄м (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · kk модем (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · fa مودم (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · ms modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · cs modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · ro modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · bg модем (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · tg модем (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · it modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · ka მოდემი (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · sh mòdēm (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · he מוֹדֶם (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · km ម៉ូដឹម (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · yi מאָדעם (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · fi modeemi (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · fy modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · pl modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · lo ໂມເດັມ (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · mn модем (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · ca mòdem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · ky модем (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · az modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · sv modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · vi modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · hu modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · vi bộ điều giải (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · nds-de Modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · nrf modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · tt модем (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · es modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · de Modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · lt modemas (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · es módem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · lv modems (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · sl modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · uz modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · aii ܡܘܿܕܹܡ (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · ur موڈیم (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · mi pouwhanga (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) · cmn 數據機 /数据机 (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals)