Modems

Modems

Modems are devices that modulate an analog carrier signal to encode digital information.

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World wide web (WWW)

Network hardware; Modems

A part of the Internet designed to allow easier navigation of the network through the use of graphical user interfaces and hypertext links between different addresses.

28.8/33.6

Network hardware; Modems

The data transmission rates of the V.34 protocol. 28,800 or 33,600 bits per second. Note that it is accurate to refer to this speed as 28,800 bps, NOT 28,800 baud. This high rate of speed is ...

Analogue

Network hardware; Modems

Continuous, varying waveforms such as the voice tones carried over phone lines.

Analogue loopback

Network hardware; Modems

A modem self-test in which data from the keyboard or an internal test pattern is sent to the modem's transmitter, turned into analogue form, looped back to the receiver, and converted back into ...

Analogue signals

Network hardware; Modems

A variety of signals and wavelengths that can be transmitted over communications lines such as the sound of a voice over the phone line.

Answer mode

Network hardware; Modems

The mode used by your modem when answering an incoming call from an originating modem. The transmit/receive frequencies are the reverse of the originating modem, which is in originate mode.