History
Since the early days of radio when all transmissions were in Morse Code, a demodulator has also been called a detector. Early demodulators had only to detect the presence (or absence) of a radio wave using a device such as a coherer, without necessarily making it audible. This alternate term has survived despite the greater sophistication of modern circuits.
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