Telex vs. Fax

Telexnoun

A communications system consisting of a network of teletypewriters.

Telexnoun

A message sent through such a network.

Telexnoun

The machine used to send and receive such messages.

Telexverb

(transitive) To send (a message) by telex.

Telexnoun

a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter

Telexverb

communicate by telex;

Telexnoun

an international system of telegraphy with printed messages transmitted and received by teleprinters using the public telecommunications network

Telexnoun

a device used for telex

Telexnoun

a message sent by telex

Telexverb

communicate with (someone) by telex

Telexverb

send (a message) by telex

Telex

The telex network was a customer-to-customer switched network of teleprinters similar to a telephone network, using telegraph-grade connecting circuits for two-way text-based messages. Telex was a major method of sending written messages electronically between businesses in the post-World War II period.

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.