modem
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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
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
The chip maker produces modem systems for iPhones, and Apple is now producing its own modems, with more advanced systems potentially on the way.
From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026
Mizuho estimates $3 billion of Qualcomm’s $8.8 billion fiscal 2025 business with Apple is at risk due to modem share loss.
From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026
She was a practical, worldly, diffident woman, and her modem, pragmatic character was a serious obstacle to telepathy.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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