modem
noun
an electronic device that makes possible the transmission of data to or from a computer via telephone or other communication lines.
modems
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pluralof modem.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Some variants come equipped with mesh modems, which make them less vulnerable to electronic warfare, according to the U.S. military and weapons analysts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
From what I saw, I’m convinced agentic and AI browsers are the future, but the current iteration feels a bit like when I first tried America Online to use the internet over dial-up modems.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2025
The actual road that led Redick to the Lakers has been lined with coaxial cables, modems and Wi-Fi signals, and is painfully and, at times, beautifully structureless.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2024
That, plus subsequent cases, eventually would help popularize the internet — jacking early modems into the telephone system — and the legal breakup of the AT&T/Bell monopoly.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
One can imagine a race of advanced space aliens who could compress a portion of this network into a zipped file of bits and hum it to each other like two dial-up modems.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
