From: Paul Jakma (paul at domain clubi.ie)
Date: Mon 01 May 2000 - 15:47:46 IST
On Mon, 1 May 2000, Niall wrote:
Well, provided that you have no clue what modulation/demodulation
means, no, I suppose it's not really wrong
modulate: (PHYS) to change one waveform in accordance with another.
so the literal meaning of modem is pretty generic. ie just about
any electronic device could be considered a 'modem'. :)
Niall O Broin
regards,
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