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Descriptor English: Modems
Descriptor Spanish: Modems
Descriptor módems
Scope note: Equipos que envían información digital por la línea telefónica. El término "módem" es una forma reducida de la frase modulador-demodulador.
Descriptor Portuguese: Modems
Descriptor French: Modems
Entry term(s): Dataphone
Dataphones
Modem
Tree number(s): L01.224.230.260.115.750
L01.462.500.847.698.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003629
Scope note: Equipment that sends digital information over telephone lines. The term Modem is a short form of the phrase modulator-demodulator.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Computers (1966)
Public MeSH Note: 2000; see DATAPHONE 1991-1999; see TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1998-1999; see TELEPHONE 1975-1990; see COMPUTERS 1967-1974
History Note: 2000(1967); use TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1998-1999
DeCS ID: 3646
Unique ID: D003629
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/03
Modems - Preferred
Concept UI M0021127
Scope note Equipment that sends digital information over telephone lines. The term Modem is a short form of the phrase modulator-demodulator.
Preferred term Modems
Entry term(s) Dataphone
Dataphones
Modem



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