Gateway vs. Modem

Gatewaynoun

An entrance capable of being blocked by use of a gate.

Gatewaynoun

A place regarded as giving access to somewhere.

Gatewaynoun

Any point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another.

Gatewaynoun

A point at which freight moving from one territory to another is interchanged between transportation lines.

Gatewaynoun

(digital communications) In wireless internet, an access point with additional software capabilities such as providing NAT and DHCP, which may also provide VPN support, roaming, firewalls, various levels of security, etc.

Gatewayverb

To make available via a gateway, or access point.

Gatewaynoun

A passage through a fence or wall; a gate; also, a frame, arch, etc., in which a gate in hung, or a structure at an entrance or gate designed for ornament or defense.

Gatewaynoun

an entrance that can be closed by a gate

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.

Modemverb

To transmit by modem.

Modemnoun

An electronic device that converts electronic signals into sound waves, and sound waves into electronic signals, used to transmit information between computers by the use of ordinary telephone lines; also called modulator-demodulator; as, the latest modems can transmit data at 56,000 baud over a clear telephone line. The speed of transmission of information by a modem is usually measured in units of baud, equivalent to bits per second.

Modemnoun

(from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line

Modem

A modulator-demodulator, or simply a modem, is a hardware device that converts data from a digital format, intended for communication directly between devices with specialized wiring, into one suitable for a transmission medium such as telephone lines or radio. A modem modulates one or more carrier wave signals to encode digital information for transmission, and demodulates signals to decode the transmitted information.