modem
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The iPhone 17e features a cellular modem made by Apple, the C1X, which the company says is twice as fast as the C1 modem in the iPhone 16e.
From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026
Also, it’s easy to forget that your Wi-Fi router is plugged into a modem, usually in some far corner of the house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
Designed to keep desktop PCs going briefly after an outage occurs, these extra-chunky power strips can keep a modem running for hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
A BBS was hosted on a personal computer, and other computers could dial in to the BBS using a modem and a terminal software program, allowing users to exchange messages, documents and software.
From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2025
My father was obviously not modem, in the psychological sense.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
Qualcomm faces an estimated $7 billion revenue loss as Apple phases out its modems; Samsung’s share will drop to 75%.
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
Later, I worked on modems at Bell Labs, funded by a government-mandated monopoly’s profits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025
The actual road that led Redick to the Lakers has been lined with coaxial cables, modems and Wi-Fi signals, and is painfully and, at times, beautifully structureless.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2024
The dial-up modems screamed at anyone who wanted to surf the net, but surfing was more like sitting in the water with some floaties and a pool noodle compared to today’s internet.
From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2023
I was thirty-seven, more efficient than in college, tied to computers and modems and cell phones.
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
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