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can you help me understand why we use a modem to translate analog back to digital? Why not just use a codec for that task?

can you help me understand why we use a modem to translate analog back to digital-example-1
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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

modem is a hardware device stands for modulation/demodulation and is used to convert digital computer signals into analogue telephone signals and vice versa and allows computers to communicate over a transmission phone line.

whereas,

codec also is a hardware device or can be a software program stands for coder/decoder performs transmission on a data stream or signal and particularly is used in making multimedia files small enough to compact according to the desired requirements.

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