(abbreviation for facsimile) The transmission of a copy of a paper document over telephone lines using a fax machine or a computer equipped with a fax modem The term may be used as either a noun or a verb
If you fax a document to someone, you send it from one fax machine to another. I faxed a copy of the agreement to each of the investors Did you fax him a reply? Pop it in the post, or get your secretary to fax it I faxed 10 hotels in the area to check room size
Short for facsimile A means of transmitting paper (and sometimes electronic) documents over phone lines The output is usually a paper document The output document itself is also called a fax Also used as a verb meaning to use facsimile transmission
A fax machine allows a written message to be sent to another fax machine Sending a fax costs no more than a telephone call If the fax has a distinctive ring it can be used with BT Call Sign Close Window
Slang for facsimile A technology that takes paper from the sender and produces more paper that looks just like it at the recipient's end You can use fax modems to eliminate the paper step at one end or both, but they may be less reliable than stand-alone fax machines Email is cleaner, often cheaper, and more environmentally friendly, and the results are more useful in other programs However, you can't easily send signatures or existing paper documents via email
A method of digitally copying a document then converting the copy to an analog signal to be transmitted to a remote location using standard phone lines Because faxing isn’t exact, what is received at the other end is rarely a perfect copy, and usually just a "reasonable facsimile thereof" (thus the term facser, fax)
Short for "FACSimile " In essence, a fax machine sends an electronic "facsimile" or copy of the document An optical scanner in the machine scans the document into pixels 200 dpi by 200 dpi (some fax machines have a "fine mode" of 200 by 400 dpi or 400 by 400 dpi) The resulting bit stream is then sent to the receiving machine, which places dots on the paper in the same pattern The net result is as if a photocopier was chopped in half, with the scanning head in one office and the printer drum in the other, with the two halves linked by a telephone line
board - A FAX board is an add-in printed circuit board for a personal computer that allows the system to send and receive text and graphics data over the telephone lines A FAX board is actually a facsimile machine in a personal computer
Facsimile The transmission of pictures, maps, diagrams or text by radio, wire, or telephone line
Sending a facsimile of a document that contains a signature is considered a form of electronic signature
Slang for facsimile: A technology that takes paper from the sender and produces more paper that looks just like it at the recipient's end You can use fax modems to eliminate the paper step at one end or both, but they may be less reliable than stand-alone fax machines Email is cleaner, often cheaper, and more environmentally friendly, and the results are more useful in other programs However, you can't easily send signatures or existing paper documents via email
A fax or a fax machine is a piece of equipment used to copy documents by sending information electronically along a telephone line, and to receive copies that are sent in this way. a modern reception desk with telephone and fax These days, cartoonists send in their work by fax
You can refer to a copy of a document that is transmitted by a fax machine as a fax. I sent him a long fax, saying I didn't need any help. to send someone a letter or message using a fax machine fax sb sth. in full facsimile Device for the transmission and reproduction of documents by digitized signals sent over telephone lines. Fax machines scan printed text and graphics and convert the image into a digital code: 1 for dark areas, 0 for white areas. The code is transmitted through the telephone network to similar devices, where the documents are reproduced in close to their original form. Though the concepts for fax technology were developed in the 19th century, widespread use did not occur until the 1970s, when inexpensive means of adapting digitized information to telephone circuits became common