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Modems

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

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Modems

Class 1 and 2.0

Network hardware; Modems

International standards used by fax application programmes and faxmodems for sending and receiving faxes.

V.90

Network hardware; Modems

The ITU-T standard for 56 Kbps modem communications. This technology uses the digital telephone network to increase the bit rate of the receive channel by eliminating the analogue to digital ...

V.92

Network hardware; Modems

The ITU-T standard for advanced 56 Kbps modem communications. This technology offers three new features to enhance the V.90 standard. The first feature is V.PCM-Upstream, which allows a modem’s ...

X.75

Network hardware; Modems

X.75 defines the connexion between public networks such as larger computers and mainframes.

Xon/Xoff

Network hardware; Modems

Standard ASCII control characters used to tell an intelligent device to stop/resume transmitting data.

American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)

Network hardware; Modems

A code used to represent letters, numbers, and special characters such as $, !, and /.

Electronic Industries Association (EIA)

Network hardware; Modems

Group which defines electronic standards in the U.S.

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