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  • noun (Electronics) An electronic device which extracts the modulation from a radio carrier wave, and outputs the original information-bearing signal.

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  • noun Any device that demodulates a signal

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  • noun rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave

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  • The demodulator, which is designed specifically for the symbol-set used by the modulator, determines the phase of the received signal and maps it back to the symbol it represents, thus recovering the original data.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

  • The demodulator, which is designed specifically for the symbol-set used by the modulator, determines the phase of the received signal and maps it back to the symbol it represents, thus recovering the original data.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

  • The lines through the images are artifacts from the demodulator that is not quite 100% working - yet.

    NASA Watch: February 2009 Archives 2009

  • The lines through the images are artifacts from the demodulator that is not quite 100% working - yet.

    Boulders on the Moon - NASA Watch 2009

  • The lines through the images are artifacts from the demodulator that is not quite 100% working - yet.

    NASA Watch: Space Science News: February 2009 Archives 2009

  • The idea of pushing data down a telephonic connection through the intermediary of an acoustically coupled modulator-demodulator?

    The New Retro Greg Tannahill 2009

  • The lines through the images are artifacts from the demodulator that is not quite 100% working - yet.

    NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: February 2009 Archives 2009

  • In the sixties the computers, mainframes and mini-computers, could be connected with each other by modem modulator en demodulator, a device as large as a VCR.

    Archive 2008-08-18 Jak Boumans 2008

  • In the sixties the computers, mainframes and mini-computers, could be connected with each other by modem modulator en demodulator, a device as large as a VCR.

    Archive 2008-08-20 Jak Boumans 2008

  • In the sixties the computers, mainframes and mini-computers, could be connected with each other by modem modulator en demodulator, a device as large as a VCR.

    Archive 2008-08-27 Jak Boumans 2008

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