The Modem
Beginning of paper
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 ....
Middle of paper
.... 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haven't gone out of date yet.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 internal plugs into a 16 bit port inside your computer and
external connects through either a serial (mouse)port or a parallel
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