Null Definition–adjective | 1. | without value, effect, consequence, or significance. | | 2. | being or amounting to nothing; nil; lacking; nonexistent. | | 3. | Mathematics. (of a set) | | 4. | being or amounting to zero. | –noun | 5. | Electronics. a point of minimum signal reception, as on a radio direction finder or other electronic meter. | –verb (used with object) —Idiom <
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Modem Definition–noun | 1. | an electronic device that makes possible the transmission of data to or from a computer via telephone or other communication lines. | –verb (used with object) | 2. | to send or receive (information, data, or the like) via a modem. | |
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Serial Definition–noun | 1. | anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine. | | 2. | Library Science. a publication in any medium issued in successive parts bearing numerical or chronological designation and intended to be continued indefinitely. | –adjective | 3. | published in installments or successive parts: a serial story. | | 4. | pertaining to such publication. | | 5. | of, pertaining to, consisting of, or occurring in a series rather than simultaneously: Some societies condemn both polygamy and serial marriages. | | 6. | effecting or producing a series; sequential: The police think a serial killer is responsible for five homicides in this city last month. | | 7. | Computers. | a. | of or pertaining to the apparent or actual performance of data-processing operations one at a time (distinguished from parallel ). | | b. | of or pertaining to the transmission or processing of each part of a whole in sequence, as each bit of a byte or each byte of a computer word (distinguished from parallel ). | | | 8. | Music. of, pertaining to, or composed in serial technique. | |
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Cable Definition–noun | 2. | a very strong rope made of strands of metal wire, as used to support cable cars or suspension bridges. | | 3. | a cord of metal wire used to operate or pull a mechanism. | | 4. | Nautical. | a. | a thick hawser made of rope, strands of metal wire, or chain. | | | 5. | Electricity. an insulated electrical conductor, often in strands, or a combination of electrical conductors insulated from one another. | | 9. | Architecture. one of a number of reedings set into the flutes of a column or pilaster. | –verb (used with object) | 10. | to send (a message) by cable. | | 11. | to send a cablegram to. | | 12. | to fasten with a cable. | | 13. | to furnish with a cable. | | 14. | to join (cities, parts of a country, etc.) by means of a cable television network: The state will be completely cabled in a few years. | –verb (used without object) | 15. | to send a message by cable. |
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