fax

Noun · Verb

Synonyms: facsimile facsimile machine telefax

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radioSynonyms: facsimile facsimile machine

Verb (1)

send something via a facsimile machine“Can you fax me the report right away?”Synonyms: telefax facsimile

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

facsimile fax

<communications> ("fax") A process by which fixed graphic material including pictures, text, or images is scanned and the information converted into electrical signals which are transmitted via telephone to produce a paper copy of the graphics on the receiving fax machine.

Some modems can be used to send and receive fax data. V.27 ter and V.29 protocols are used. [Details? Standards?]

(2004-07-26)