modem
/ˈməʊdəm/US/ˈmoʊdəm/
modem noun: a device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a phone line.
Noun
modem (plural modems)
- 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
Verb
modem (third-person singular simple present modems, present participle modeming or modemming, simple past and past participle modemed or modemmed)
- To transmit by 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.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
modem meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
modem in Hindi
- device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals
- मॉडेम mŏḍem
modem in Tamil
- இணக்கி
modem in Marathi
- मोडेम, मॉडेम
modem in Urdu
- device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals
- موڈیم moḍem
More languagesFewer languages
- modem in Bengali
- মডেম moḍem
- modem in Telugu
- మోడెమ్, మోడెం
- modem in Malayalam
- മോഡം, മോഡെം, മൊഡം
- modem in Kannada
- ಮೋಡೆಮ್, ಮೊಡೆಮ್, ಮೋಡೆಂ
- modem in Punjabi
- ਮਾਡਮ, ਮੋਡੇਮ, ਮੋਡਮ
- modem in Gujarati
- મોડેમ, મોડમ
- modem in Odia
- ମୋଡେମ୍, ମୋଡେମ
- modem in Nepali
- मोडेम, मोडम
- modem in Arabic
- مُودِم mūdim
- modem in Malay
- modem
- modem in Indonesian
- modem
- modem in Persian
- مودم môdem
- modem in Thai
- โมเด็ม moh-dem
- modem in Vietnamese
- modem, bộ điều giải
Examples of modem in a sentence
- I waited for the modems to finish their handshaking so I could start transferring the file.
- It housed a screen, a keyboard, and a modem—but not a microprocessor.
- An offensive cyberweapon can be fashioned with a single, individual computer and a modem.
Forms of modem
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | modems |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | modems |
| present participle | modeming |
| present participle | modemming |
| past participle | modemed |
| past | modemed |
| past participle | modemmed |
| past | modemmed |
Origin of modem
Clipping of modulator-demodulator.
Words formed from modem
Questions about modem
- What does modem mean?
- Modem means a device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a phone line.
- What is modem in Hindi?
- Modem in Hindi is मॉडेम (mŏḍem). See Modem meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is modem?
- Modem can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce modem?
- Modem is pronounced /ˈməʊdəm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of modem?
- The plural of modem is modems.
Words near modem in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: modem (page history and authors); modem (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); modem (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); modem (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); modem (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); modem (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); modem (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); modem (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); modem (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); modem (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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