Modem vs. Codec

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Difference Between Modem and Codec
Modemnoun
A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals and vice versa and allows computers to communicate over a phone line.
Codecnoun
(computing) A device or program capable of performing transformations on a data stream or signal.
Audio and video codecs are important in making multimedia files small enough to distribute and simple to play back.Modemverb
To transmit by modem.
Modemnoun
(from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line
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