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Lesson1:Modems

Onceanexpensiveandcomplicatedoption,themodemisnowanintegralpartofthe
modernPC,thankstothepopularityoftheInternet,faxes,andemail.

ModemBasics
Amodemisaperipheraldevicethatenablescomputerstocommunicatewitheachother
overconventionaltelephonelinesorcablelines,orevenwithoutwires.Theword
modem
comesfromcombiningthewords
modulator
and
demodulator.
Inradioparlance,to
modulate
asignalistochangethefrequency(FM)oramplitude(AM)ofacarrier(fixed
signal)bysuperimposingacode(voiceorotherinformation)ontopofthesignal.The
reverseisto
demodulate
,toremovethefixedsignalandhavethesuperimposedcode
remain.Formanyyears,thishasbeenaneffectivewaytocommunicateoverlong
distances,usingbothwiresandradiowaves.
ISDN(IntegratedServicesDigitalNetwork)devicesofferahighspeeddigitalalternative
tomodems.Terminaladapters(TAs)linkthecomputerdigitallytothetelephoneline
withouttheneedforeithercomplicatedhandshakingormodulationconversion.This
makesISDNconnectionsevenfaster(underproperlineconditions)thanthesimplebit
transferratingmightimply.MostISDNproductscanalsousetwo64Kbitspersecond
(bps)linesatonce,allowingtransfersofupto128bps.

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