A modem from which communications occur in discrete units, and in which the start of a unit is signaled by a start bit at the front, and a stop bit at the back signals the end of the unit.

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Addison White

19 August, 08:40

A modem from which communications occur in discrete units, and in which the start of a unit is signaled by a start bit at the front, and a stop bit at the back signals the end of the unit.

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Reagan Stout · Answer 1

Asynchronous modem

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In an asynchronous modem, data is transmitted in an infrequent stream of small packets, in which a start bit at the front signals the start of a unit, and the end of the unit is signaled by a stop bit at the back.