Cancer vs Modem - What's the difference?
cancer | modem |
(medicine, oncology, disease) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.
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A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals and vice versa and allows computers to communicate over a phone line.
To transmit by modem.
* 1992 , Jim Kimble, How to get started with modems (page 73)
* 1994 , Carole Marsh, Jurassic Ark! Alaska Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Creatures (page 7)
As nouns the difference between cancer and modem
is that cancer is cancer while modem is modem.cancer
English
* (wikipedia "cancer")Noun
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Synonyms
* (disease) growth, malignancy, neoplasia * (something which spreads) lichenHyponyms
* tumor * leukaemia, leukemiaDerived terms
(types of cancer) * bowel cancer * breast cancer * colon cancer * leukemia * testicular cancer * lung cancer * prostate cancer * ovarian cancer * skin cancer * cervical cancerSee also
* malignantAnagrams
* ----modem
English
(wikipedia modem)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- Personal modeming is most prevalent in the U.S., where a modem generally doesn't have huge taxes slapped on it, and after-tax income is comparatively high.
- “Books” can even be faxed or modemed to you!