What types of modems are there?

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there are two types, internal and external.

Daaa how about DSL ISDN dial up??? do these fall under the " internal external" categories..

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Modem is a shortening for modulator/demodulator (MoDem). So, any kind of device wich can perform such operations is a modem.
Ususally when somebody say modem without any additional descriptions he means an ordinary dail-up modem. For other kinds of modem additionl description is givem practically always.

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