facsimile telegraphy
1Telegraphy — (from the Greek words (τηλε) = far and (γραφειν) = write) is the long distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters. Radiotelegraphy or wireless telegraphy transmits messages using radio. Telegraphy includes… …
2telegraphy — Synonyms and related words: TelAutography, Teletype, Teletype network, Teletyping, closed circuit telegraphy, code, duplex telegraphy, electricity, facsimile telegraph, interrupter, key, multiplex telegraphy, news ticker, quadruplex telegraphy,… …
3Consultative Committee for International Telephony and Telegraphy — Abbreviated CCITT. An organization based in Geneva that develops worldwide data communications standards. Three main sets of standards have been established: • CCITT Groups 1 4 standards apply to facsimile transmissions. • CCITT V series …
4fax — [20] Fax is a sleeper of a word. The technology of facsimile telegraphy, by which a document is scanned and its image transmitted via a telegraphic link, had been around since the 1870s, but the word fax was not invented for it (in the USA, by… …
5fax — [20] Fax is a sleeper of a word. The technology of facsimile telegraphy, by which a document is scanned and its image transmitted via a telegraphic link, had been around since the 1870s, but the word fax was not invented for it (in the USA, by… …
6fax — (n.) 1948, short for facsimile (telegraphy). The verb attested by 1970. Related: Faxed; faxing …
7pan|te|leg|ra|phy — «PAN tuh LEHG ruh fee», noun. facsimile telegraphy …
8Fax — For other uses, see Fax (disambiguation). A Samsung fax machine Fax (short for facsimile), sometimes called telecopying, is the telephonic transmission of scanned printed material (both text and images), normally to a telephone number connected… …
9telegraph — telegrapher /teuh leg reuh feuhr/; esp. Brit., telegraphist, n. /tel i graf , grahf /, n. 1. an apparatus, system, or process for transmitting messages or signals to a distant place, esp. by means of an electric device consisting essentially of a …
10Telecommunications in the People's Republic of China — Telecommunications in China redirects here. For the industry, see Telecommunications industry in China. This article is about Communications in the People s Republic of China, excluding Hong Kong and Macau (see Communications in Hong Kong and… …
