GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   modem (mōˈdĕm), 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.
   
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   modulator-demodulator (?), 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.
   
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