what is modem?

[Saleem's]

I am new in internet world. I am using internet from one month and now I want information about Modem. What is Modem? What is the Use of modem? Please friends provide me information about Modem.

[Zared]

Modem is also called as modulator-demodulator. Modem is a combined device for modulation as well as demodulation.

[Captain Samuel Salt]

The following characteristics distinguish one modem from another:-
• Bps (Bits Per Second)
• voice/data
• auto-answer
• data compression
• flash memory
• Fax capability

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[Bhuvana21]

A modem is a device or program that enables a computer to transmit data over telephone and cable lines. The modem plays a vital role in telecommunications and of course in the telephone communications. Modem can be either internal or external to your computer.

[Eeshwari3]

Model allows the connection between multiple computers. And also allows transferring data over telephone lines. The old dial-up modems are becoming out of use because of their slow speed. Cable and DSL modems takes place of dial-up modem because of the speed of Cable and DSL modems. The speed of Cable and DSL models are very fast compare to dial-up modems.

[Baijayanthi]

There are two types of modem they are:
• Internal computer modems
• External modems.
There are two types of internal computer modems
• dial-up modem
• WiFi modem / Wireless modem
There are two types of External modems
• Cable modem:
• DSL modem: