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1fax — /faks/, Telecommunications. n. 1. facsimile (def. 2). adj. 2. facsimile (def. 5). v.t. 3. to transmit a facsimile of (printed matter, photographs, or the like) electronically: Fax the information to all our branch offices. [by shortening and resp …
2Fax — 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… …
3fax — [faks] n. [< FACSIMILE] 1. the transmission of graphic matter by electrical or electronic means, as over a telephone line, for reception and reproduction; facsimile 2. a reproduction produced in this way, printed out or stored as a computer… …
4Fax (Pern) — Fax is the greedy, violent self styled Lord of Seven Holds in Anne McCaffrey s Dragonriders of Pern series. Originally a nephew of Lord Faroguy of High Reaches, he carefully conquered hold after hold by means of trickery, marriage, murder, and… …
5Fax (disambiguation) — Fax may refers to:* Fax, short for facsimile , a telecommunications technology used to transfer copies of documents over the telephone network. * FAX +49 69/450464, a German record company releasing ambient music. * FlyAsianXpress, commonly known …
6fax-on-demand — ˌfax on deˈmand also fax‧back [ˈfæksbæk] noun [uncountable] COMPUTING when a fax containing information is immediately sent out to a person who telephones a number asking for information …
7fax — ► NOUN 1) an exact copy of a document made by electronic scanning and transmitted by telecommunications links. 2) the production or transmission of documents in this way. 3) (also fax machine) a machine for transmitting and receiving such… …
8fax — is first recorded in 1948 as a shortened form of facsimile (process, etc.) and quickly established itself in the standard language as a noun and verb during the 1980s when fax machines came into widespread use. The word has been accepted much… …
9fax — (n.) 1948, short for facsimile (telegraphy). The verb attested by 1970. Related: Faxed; faxing …
10Fax server — A fax server is a set of software running on a server computer which is equipped with one or more fax capable modems (or dedicated fax boards) attached to telephone lines (or, more recently, software modem emulators which use T.38 ( Fax over IP ) …
