Only a few years ago personal computer users had two choices when they went to hook up their PCs to phone lines. At that time, modems–the devices that enable computers to transmit information over ...

(1) A device that enables a computer to transmit data over analog phone lines. See analog modem. (2) A device that enables an analog telephone to be used in a digital voice service. See analog ...

Apple's MacBook Pro laptop computers no longer have built-in telephone modems for accessing the Internet over a dial-up connection. In certain circumstances, though, dial-up Internet access is the ...

For anyone who experienced it, the screeching hiss of a modem handshaking over copper phone wires is unforgettable. The technology may have tied up the family phone line, but modems were the gateways ...

Samsung Telecommunications America unveiled at Spring RetailVision earlier this month a data cable modem that provides high-speed Internet access and is part of the InfoRanger line. The SCM-110R is a ...

Businesses are finding it increasingly important to transfer high volumes of data from one computer to another rapidly and accurately. At the same time, telephone companies are beginning to replace ...

Have a question you'd like answered? Email [email protected] or send it to the address below, and we'll try to get you a response. modem started flashing, telling me that the battery was failing. I ...