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modems

modems is the plural of modem.

modems is the third-person singular simple present indicative of modem.

Meaning of modem

Noun

modem (plural modems)

  1. 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

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Phrases with modems

Questions about modems

What is modems the plural of?
Modems is the plural of modem.

Words near modems in the dictionary

  1. modemed
  2. modeming
  3. modemless
  4. modemmed
  5. modemming
  6. modems
  7. modena
  8. Modenese
  9. moder
  10. moderable
  11. moderacy

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