The Modem

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Term Paper Title	The Modem
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The Modem

The Modem

First of all I would like to start with an introduction I chose this topic
because I thought it would be interesting to learn about how a modem works in a
computer. With modem we are able to access the Internet BBS' or Bulletin Board
Systems.

The MODEM is one of the smartest computer hardware tools ever created. modem is
an abbreviation of Modulator De Modulator it is fairly simple to explain;
through the telephone lines we are able to send messages between one single
computer or a group of computers. The Originating computer sends a coded message
to the Host computer which  decodes it and there we have the power to access the
Internet, talk to other people through terminal programs and retrieve files from
other computers.  The first patented computer modem was made by Hayes in the
early eighties and from there they rapidly developed the first modem speed was
300 baud and from there a 600 baud than 1200 and so on. The fastest modem made
today is a 56k which is very fast. Not as fast as ISDN (The Wave offered through
Rogers cable) or even as advanced as Satellite modem. Most people now have 14.4
or 28.8 baud modems (Baud is "Slang" for Baud Rate Per Second) the reason for
the increase in 14.4 and 28.8's is that they are cheap and fairly recent  and
haven't gone out of date yet.  There are two types of modem external and
external modems...

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