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is a modem that uses part of the capacity of the local cable system to transmit data rather than TV channels to the home. It works much like a Local Area Network. Unlike the typical cable system where TV signals can only be broadcast to the home, a cable modem allows information to be transmitted in both directions.
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Type of broadband Internet connection sent through co-axial TV cables. The bandwidth of co-axial cable is far greater than that of standard telephone lines, allowing cable Internet access to be extremely fast. Other advantages include the fact that most home and businesses are already wired for cable television making it easy to set up.
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Refers to the type of broadband connection that brings information to homes and businesses over ordinary television cable lines.
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A modem designed to operate over cable TV lines. Because the coaxial cable used by cable TV provides much greater bandwidth than telephone lines, a cable modem can be used to achieve extremely fast access to the Internet. Cable bandwidth is a very fast and typically reliable choice for Webcam systems if the upstream speeds are not significantly restricted.
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A data modem that uses the bandwidth of a given cable system. Because cable modems provide Internet access over cable, they are much faster than modems that use typical phone lines.
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A device that attaches between a PC and an analog cable TV distribution plant that can modulate and demodulate user data onto/from the cable plant. It allows cable TV companies to provide data transmission capabilities to customers over existing infrastructure.
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A cable modem is used for connecting to the Internet using the cable TV infrastructure. It offers high speed Internet access.
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A cable modem is a device that enables you to hook up your PC to a local cable TV line and receive data at about 1.5 Mbps. This data rate far exceeds that of the prevalent 28.8 and 56 Kbps telephone modems and the up to 128 Kbps of Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) and is about the data rate available to subscribers of Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) telephone service. ...
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A communication device connected to a personal computer which offers customers access to the Internet over a cable system at speeds 50-100 times faster than a telephone connection.
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A device that allows computer data to be transferred through the cable wire common in most households. Cable modems allow for fast transfer rates in comparison to traditional (28.8, 56k, and even ISDN) modems.
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A modem that connects to a cable TV network, providing Internet access, typically for homes with speeds comparable to DSL. The download speed is generally higher than the upload speed, but since cable connections are shared, the actual speed varies, depending on the number of users attached to the network.
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A device that permits ordinary household cable intended for transmitting television information to carry digital information used by computers. Cable modems have a very high theoretical bandwidth, much higher than that of ordinary telephone modems. At present they are not widely deployed.
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a device connected to or integrated in a PC that enables you to receive and request information from the Internet over your local cable TV line. Cable modems provide throughput of up to 27 Mbps with about 2.5 Mbps of bandwidth for interactive responses in the other direction. This bandwidth far exceeds that of the prevalent 14.4 and 28.8 Kbps modems and the up to 128 Kbps of ISDNs or even the much higher speeds (up to 8 Mbps) of ADSL telephone technology.
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High-speed modem. Cache Memory Area of memory in the computer set aside for temporary storage of the data that has most recently been taken from main memory. The computer anticipates what data the programs in operation will need and pulls this into the cache memory. This results in faster access and transfer of data than would be possible if the information had to be retrieved from main memory.
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a device that uses coaxial cables to transmit data faster than telephone line modems and roughly equivalent to modems using DSL telephone service.
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considered high speed or broadband Internet access, it uses existing pay TV cable infrastructure to transmit data between your PC and the Internet.
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A type of modem that allows people to access the Internet via their cable television service. A cable modem can transfer data at 500 kbps or higher, compared with 28.8 kbps for common telephone line modems, but the actual transfer rates may be lower depending on the number of other simultaneous users on the same cable.
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Is a device that accepts a coaxial cable connection from the outside. It allows for high speed Internet connection with download speeds of up to 20 Mbps (theoretically) and upload speeds of up to 1.5 Mbps.
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A hook up to your cable TV system that allows you to transmit computer information and access the internet through your cable company.
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a device which allows a computer end-terminal to initiate and effect a dedicated communications link with a cable modem termination system (CMTS) via a coaxial cable ("cable television") network, usually using Internet Protocol (IP) at the network layer and interconnecting with the Internet so as to provide the cable modem with Internet access. ...
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The device used to connect a PC to a cable television outlet. Cable modems do not operate at the same rate upstream (when sending information) and downstream (when receiving information). Upstream rates vary from about 2 Mbps to 10 Mbps, downstream rates from about 10 Mbps to 36 Mbps.
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Cable modems are used to provide Internet access over cable TV networks and require that the networks are upgraded for two way transmission. Cable modems can offer bandwidths of up to 10Mbit/s but in the UK it is typically offered at 512Kbit/s or at 1,024bit/s. This bandwidth is shared between all users on the same segment of the cable TV network. This can lead to slower connection speeds if a number of users are active at the same time. See ‘Contention Ratio’. ...
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a cable modem lets you hook up your computer to a cable television line to receive data at about the same rate as DSL subscribers. Both cable modems and DSL are types of broadband Internet connections.
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A technology that uses cable TV lines for data transmission requiring a modem at each end. From the modem, a network cable connects to a NIC in the user's PC.
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A device that connects your computer to a local TV cable line. It receives data a 1,5 megabits per second (mbps).
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A cable modem is a special type of modem that is designed to modulate a data signal over cable television infrastructure.
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