modemとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Clipping of modulator-demodulator

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈməʊdəm/, /ˈməʊdɛm/
• (米国発音) enPR: mō'dəm, mō'dĕm, IPA: /ˈmoʊdəm/, /ˈmoʊdɛm/

名詞

modem (plural modems)

1. (computing) A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a phone line.
   • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 416:

     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. […]

派生語

派生した語

動詞

modem (third-person singular simple present modems, present participle modeming or modemming, simple past and past participle modemed or modemmed)

1. To transmit by modem.
   • 1992, Jim Kimble, How to get started with modems, page 73:

     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.

   • 1994, Carole Marsh, Jurassic Ark! Alaska Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Creatures, page 7:

     “Books” can even be faxed or modemed to you!

   • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 19:

     He had to modem in to the agency and say that there was an emergency […]

参照

アナグラム

• domme, ommed