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Fax (short for facsimile, from
Latin fac simile, "make similar", i.e. "make a copy") is a
telecommunications technology used to transfer copies (
facsimiles) of documents, especially using affordable devices operating over the
telephone network. The word telefax, short for telefacsimile, for "make a copy at a distance", is also used as a
synonym. Although fax is not an
acronym, it is often written as “FAX”. The device is also known as a telecopier in certain industries. When sending documents to people at large distances, faxes have a distinct advantage over postal mail in that the delivery is nearly instantaneous, yet its disadvantages in quality have relegated it to a position beneath
email as the prevailing form of electronic document transferral. It can be represented in
Unicode by ℻.
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