Assertion: modem | /r/CapableOf | become familiar
Facets:
value: to consumers
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: through the 1980s
type: TEMPORAL
value: in the late 1970s
type: TEMPORAL
value: gradually
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Modems gradually became familiar to consumers in the late 1970s through the 1980s as public message boards and news services like CompuServe were built on early internet infrastructure.