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modem n.调制解调器 (1) 你的电脑有调制解调器吗？(2) 请选择想要安装的调制解调器。(3) 使用调制解调器上网已经过时了。(4) 那个调制解调器正发送错误的软件包。 Although a form of modem was used as early as 1940 to connect teletype machines to telephones, the word appeared with growing use in 1958, taken from its function as a "modulator" and "demodulator" of sound signals, changing them from audio to digital and back again. This is critical in computer use. Since its inception, modem speeds, measured in bits per second, or bps, have increased dramatically, from the early 300 bps to scorching speeds of USB wireless modems.

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英 ['məʊdem] 美 ['moʊdem] (1) Does your computer have a modem?(2) Please select the modem you want to install.(3) Using a modem to connect to the internet is a thing of the past.(4) The modem was sending the wrong packages. Simply put, a modem is an electronic device that changes a digital computer signal to audio so it can be carried on telephone lines. It also changes an incoming signal back so it can be read on the computer. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]调制解调器 A modem is a device which uses a telephone line to connect computers or computer systems.   [also by N]  [COMPUTING 计算机]He sent his work to his publishers by modem.他通过网络把作品发给了出版商。

英语单词	modem
英美音标	英 ['məʊdem] 美 ['moʊdem]
中文释义	n.调制解调器
英语例句	(1) Does your computer have a modem? (2) Please select the modem you want to install. (3) Using a modem to connect to the internet is a thing of the past. (4) The modem was sending the wrong packages.
中文例句	(1) 你的电脑有调制解调器吗？ (2) 请选择想要安装的调制解调器。 (3) 使用调制解调器上网已经过时了。 (4) 那个调制解调器正发送错误的软件包。
vocabulary简明	Simply put, a modem is an electronic device that changes a digital computer signal to audio so it can be carried on telephone lines. It also changes an incoming signal back so it can be read on the computer.
vocabulary扩展	Although a form of modem was used as early as 1940 to connect teletype machines to telephones, the word appeared with growing use in 1958, taken from its function as a "modulator" and "demodulator" of sound signals, changing them from audio to digital and back again. This is critical in computer use. Since its inception, modem speeds, measured in bits per second, or bps, have increased dramatically, from the early 300 bps to scorching speeds of USB wireless modems.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]调制解调器 A modem is a device which uses a telephone line to connect computers or computer systems. [also by N] [COMPUTING 计算机] He sent his work to his publishers by modem. 他通过网络把作品发给了出版商。

Modem Computer Connect Device Digital Signal Audio Telephone