Fax vs. Email

Faxnoun

The hair of the head.

Faxnoun

A fax machine or a document received and printed by one.

Faxverb

To send a document via a fax machine.

Faxnoun

duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio

Faxverb

send something via a facsimile machine;

Fax

Fax (short for facsimile), sometimes called telecopying or telefax (the latter short for telefacsimile), is the telephonic transmission of scanned printed material (both text and images), normally to a telephone number connected to a printer or other output device. The original document is scanned with a fax machine (or a telecopier), which processes the contents (text or images) as a single fixed graphic image, converting it into a bitmap, and then transmitting it through the telephone system in the form of audio-frequency tones.

Emailnoun

(uncountable) A system for transferring messages from one computer to another, usually via a network.

Emailnoun

(countable) A message sent via an email system.

Emailnoun

(uncountable) A quantity of email messages.

Emailnoun

(informal) An e-mail address.

Emailnoun

a raised or embossed image pressed into metal, such as a seal pressed into a foil and attached to a document

Emailnoun

A type of dark ink

Emailverb

(transitive) To send an email or emails to.

Emailverb

(intransitive) To send, or compose and send, an email or emails.

Emailverb

To send via email.

Emailnoun

(computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in

Emailverb

communicate electronically on the computer;

Emailnoun

messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network

Emailnoun

the system of sending messages by electronic means

Emailnoun

a message sent by email

Emailverb

send an email to (someone)

Emailverb

send (a message) by email

Email

Electronic mail (email or e-mail) is a method of exchanging messages () between people using electronic devices. Email entered limited use in the 1960s, but users could only send to users of the same computer.