| French | English |
| compression par modem | modem compression (A technique used to reduce the number of characters transmitted without losing data content. The transmitting modem compresses the data and the receiving computer or modem decompresses the data back to its original state) |
| câble null modem | null modem (Special cabling that eliminates the modem's need for asynchronous communications between two computers over short distances. A null modem cable emulates modem communication) |
| câble null modem | crossover cable (A type of cable that facilitates network communications. A crossover cable interconnects two computers by reversing their respective pin contacts) |
| modem câble | cable modem (A device that enables a broadband connection to the Internet by using cable television infrastructure. Access speeds vary greatly, with a maximum throughput of 10 megabits per second (Mbps)) |
| modem de télécopie | fax modem (A modem that sends (and possibly receives) data encoded in a fax format (typically CCITT fax format), which a fax machine or another modem decodes and converts to an image) |
| modem interne | internal modem (A modem constructed on an expansion card to be installed in one of the expansion slots inside a computer) |