The two major components in a small computer network are a modem and wireless router. The modem is wired to the Internet via the cable company's coaxial cable, the telephone company's DSL phone line, ...

A modem that plugs into an expansion slot within the computer. Unlike an external modem, an internal modem does not provide a series of display lights that inform the user of the changing modem states ...

Comes from "MOdulator/DEModulator". A device or a component of a device used for transferring information. Information is encoded (the modem modulates the signal) and decoded (the signal is being ...