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modem
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a
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computer
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Chapter 6 dscusses modems.
Communications soffware
With a telephone connection, commurucations software,
and
2
mode.m, yoo can exchange information
with
other
computers and
take advantage
of
information services. Wilh
good
software, you
an
have the modem
dial
a number from a menu
of
numbers, send,
retrieve, 2nd save files.
With
communications
software
and
a
modem,
you
can
• Access hundreds
of
data bases (called
information
services),
each
with
a library'S worth
of
information.
•
o:changemail
or
busines data with colleagues
(who
are
similarly
equipped with a computer, communications software, and a
modem).
• Transfer information
between
computers that would otherwise be
incompatible.
• Bank
by
phone.
•
Get
information from
the
office's main computer while you work
at
home
or-
on
the
rO:ld.
•
Get
the latest stock markel
quoulions.
• Get up-to-the-minute news from major wire services.
• Read business newsletters.
• Shop
by
phone.
•
Reoei~
publk
domain
sob'2t'e
from a compuler buDetin
board
system
(B85).
• Communicate
with
other
compulers in
the
same
room.
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