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/ˈmoʊdem/ · /ˈməʊdem/
A piece of electronic equipment that lets a computer send information to another computer along telephone wires or a cable line.
數據機
複數 modems
核心畫面
Picture the box that sits between your computer and the line coming into the building — it turns what the computer says into something the cable can carry, and turns what arrives back into something the computer understands. A modem is that translator.
可以想成：電腦和牆上那條線之間的那個盒子——它把電腦要說的話，轉成線路載得動的形式；再把線路送回來的東西，轉回電腦看…更多收起
可以想成：電腦和牆上那條線之間的那個盒子——它把電腦要說的話，轉成線路載得動的形式；再把線路送回來的東西，轉回電腦看得懂的樣子。modem 就是這個轉換器。台灣家裡的「數據機」「小烏龜」講的就是它，跟負責分送 Wi-Fi 的 router（路由器）常裝在一起但功能不同。原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
modemnoun/ˈməʊdəm/
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computingengineeringmathematicsA 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.[…]
modemverb/ˈməʊdəm/
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To transmit by modem.
- 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.
- “Books” can even be faxed or modemed to you!
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。