fax

Originally “facsimile”-Machine: An appliance that sends and receives images via the telephone line. A fax functions by digitalizing an image, i.e. turning it into a grid of dots that can be transmitted in the same way as computer data, over the telephone line. The receiving fax machine translates the incoming data back into dots in order to print the image.

Although the concept of transmitting images via electric current was first described in1924 (Alexander Bain, a Scottish clockmaker), they were not commonly in office use until the mid 1980s when technology made general introduction possible. Faxes began to replace conventional mail as they are less expensive, faster and more reliable. In the meantime, electronic communication has, in its turn, largely replaced the fax but it remains a commonplace form of business communication.

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