A Publication of R.W. Green Enterprises Oct 1998
Internet Edition
MODEMS
What Are They For?
56K, 28K 14K... What does it all mean?
MODEM is a contraction for
mod
ulator/
dem
odulator.
The number (eg 28K) associated with a modem refers to maximum data transfer speed.
Modems are used to enable one computer to talk to another.