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Modems
Modems are devices that modulate an analog carrier signal to encode digital information.
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throughput
Network hardware; Modems
The amount of actual user data transmitted per second without the overhead of protocol information such as start/stop bits or frame headers and trailers. Compare with characters per second.
universal serial bus (USB)
Network hardware; Modems
USB transfers isochronous or asynchronous data and is used to replace the cable "clutter". USB is designed as "plug and play." This means devices such as modems are automatically detected once they ...
world wide web (WWW)
Network hardware; Modems
A part of the Internet designed to allow easier navigation of the network through the use of graphical user interfaces and hypertext links between different addresses.
V.90
Network hardware; Modems
The ITU-T standard for 56 Kbps modem communications. This technology uses the digital telephone network to increase the bit rate of the receive channel by eliminating the analog to digital conversion ...
V.92
Network hardware; Modems
The ITU-T standard for advanced 56 Kbps modem communications. This technology offers three new features to enhance the V.90 standard. The first feature is V.PCM-Upstream, which allows a modem’s ...
X.75
Network hardware; Modems
X.75 defines the connection between public networks such as larger computers and mainframes.
Xon/Xoff
Network hardware; Modems
Standard ASCII control characters used to tell an intelligent device to stop/resume transmitting data.
