modem
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On the variable cost side of the coin, spending on graphics processing units and data centers, as well as massive electricity bills, are sending tech companies’ capital-light models the way of the dial-up modem.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
The iPhone 17e features a cellular modem made by Apple, the C1X, which the company says is twice as fast as the C1 modem in the iPhone 16e.
From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026
For Comcast customers who lease an Advanced Xfinity Gateway modem, there’s an integrated Wi-Fi motion sensor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
Also, it’s easy to forget that your Wi-Fi router is plugged into a modem, usually in some far corner of the house.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026
A more modem version is the calculation of the approximate number of subatomic bits that would fill up the universe.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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