English
modem
Clipping of modulator-demodulator.
Today it means
noun A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a phone line.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “modem”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / modem