"3D printing ".........A Buzz word ?
Many years ago we would listen to "THE WIRELESS"... ( with shared headphones !) Until a new word, "RADIO" , came into common use. And was used, tacked onto the name for many other items, to attract potential users of something NEW, and by association, exciting.
Nearly thirty years ago I obtained a Modem for my Spectrum. I expect that it would have worked, (although slowly). But I knew of no one at the other end of the phone line with whom I could have communicated, then. Perhaps my technology was too advanced !
PS The plastic Spider, mentioned earlier, is all white.