Twenty years ago, I used to teach "Introduction to Computers" at a training company and gave just that explanation for what a modem is. Just the other day, a coworker brought up your very question. Misnomer or not, I believe that we are stuck with that name for, at least, until communication is achieved through something other than a visible box. Keep that in mind when you are "dialing" your push button phone <g>.
RayTheOtherRay <>< On 11/7/06, Hal Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The term "modem" is a combination of two words: MOdulate and DEModulate. > This goes back to the days when all communication lines were analog and > the digital computer signal had to be MOdulated to convert it to analog > and then DEModulated to convert it back to digital. > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
