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Cable modem

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000152

A network device that provides bidirectional data communication over a coaxial cable television infrastructure. It converts digital signals from a computer into radio frequency signals for transmission over the cable network, and vice versa. Modern cable modems typically conform to the DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) standard.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000152
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectHardware
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-000152",
  "term": "Cable modem",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "A network device that provides bidirectional data communication over a coaxial cable television infrastructure. It converts digital signals from a computer into radio frequency signals for transmission over the cable network, and vice versa. Modern cable modems typically conform to the DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) standard.",
  "subject": "Hardware",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/cable-modem/"
}

Record 170 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.