modem
English
Etymology
Clipping of modulator-demodulator[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈməʊdəm/, /ˈməʊdɛm/
Audio (UK) (file) - (US) enPR: mō'dəm, mō'dĕm, IPA(key): /ˈmoʊdəm/, /ˈmoʊdɛm/
Noun
modem (plural modems)
- (computing) A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a phone line.
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest: A Novel, New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 416:
- 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. […]
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Derived terms
Descendants
Descendants of modem in other languages
- → Armenian: մոդեմ (modem)
- → Catalan: mòdem
- → Dutch: modem
- → Esperanto: modemo
- → Finnish: modeemi
- → French: modem
- → German: Modem
- → Hebrew: מודם (módem)
- → Hungarian: modem
- → Ido: modemo
- → Japanese: モデム (modemu)
- → Korean: 모뎀 (modem)
- → Norman: modem
- → Polish: modem
- → Portuguese: modem
- → Russian: моде́м (modém)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Spanish: módem
- → Swedish: modem
- → Turkish: modem
- → Vietnamese: modem
Translations
device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals
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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.
- 1992, Jim Kimble, How to get started with modems, page 73:
- 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.
- 1994, Carole Marsh, Jurassic Ark! Alaska Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Creatures, page 7:
- “Books” can even be faxed or modemed to you!
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest: A Novel, New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 19:
- He had to modem in to the agency and say that there was an emergency […]
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References
- R. Stockwell and D. Minkova, 'English Words: History and Structure', Cambridge University Press (2001).
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmoːdəm/, /ˈmoːdɛm/
Audio (file)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmodɛm]
- Hyphenation: mo‧dem
- Rhymes: -ɛm
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | modem | modemek |
| accusative | modemet | modemeket |
| dative | modemnek | modemeknek |
| instrumental | modemmel | modemekkel |
| causal-final | modemért | modemekért |
| translative | modemmé | modemekké |
| terminative | modemig | modemekig |
| essive-formal | modemként | modemekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | modemben | modemekben |
| superessive | modemen | modemeken |
| adessive | modemnél | modemeknél |
| illative | modembe | modemekbe |
| sublative | modemre | modemekre |
| allative | modemhez | modemekhez |
| elative | modemből | modemekből |
| delative | modemről | modemekről |
| ablative | modemtől | modemektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
modemé | modemeké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
modeméi | modemekéi |
| Possessive forms of modem | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | modemem | modemeim |
| 2nd person sing. | modemed | modemeid |
| 3rd person sing. | modeme | modemei |
| 1st person plural | modemünk | modemeink |
| 2nd person plural | modemetek | modemeitek |
| 3rd person plural | modemük | modemeik |
References
- Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Norman
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.dɛm/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔdɛm
- Syllabification: mo‧dem
Declension
Derived terms
- modemowy
Portuguese
Romanian
Declension
Declension of modem
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) modem | modemul | (niște) modemuri | modemurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) modem | modemului | (unor) modemuri | modemurilor |
| vocative | modemule | modemurilor | ||
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mǒdeːm/
- Hyphenation: mo‧dem
Swedish
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- mô đêm
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mo˧˧ ʔɗem˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [mow˧˧ ʔɗem˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [mow˧˧ ʔɗem˧˧]
- Phonetic: mô đêm
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