cable modem
noun
plural cable modems
: a modem for connecting a computer to a network over a cable television line
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In a former life, Dave was a semiconductor sales engineer, and his customer Motorola worked with him on a design with Xilinx FPGAs to pioneer and engineer the first consumer broadband internet cable modems on the market.
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Marco Chiappetta, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Spectrum service comes with a free cable modem and the option of paying $10 a month for Wi-Fi on some plans, which strikes us as a dubious deal compared to buying your own wireless router.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 16 May 2025
At the time, cable modems were emerging as a broadband Internet access platform for the home market.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Apr. 2025
Disable remote access: Turn off remote access to your router and cable modem unless absolutely necessary.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2025
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Marco Chiappetta, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Spectrum service comes with a free cable modem and the option of paying $10 a month for Wi-Fi on some plans, which strikes us as a dubious deal compared to buying your own wireless router.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 16 May 2025
At the time, cable modems were emerging as a broadband Internet access platform for the home market.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Apr. 2025
Disable remote access: Turn off remote access to your router and cable modem unless absolutely necessary.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cable modem
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“Cable modem.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cable%20modem. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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