Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a phone line.
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:
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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: