fax machine
Office phone-printer hybrid
A fax machine transmits documents over telephone lines by converting printed pages into electronic signals, which a receiving machine converts back to paper.
Dominant in business communication from the 1980s through the early 2000s, fax machines have largely been replaced by email and digital document sharing, though they persist in legal and medical settings where signed documents matter: The contract came through on the fax machine.
Digital-to-analog signal converter
- scannerDevice that reads data
- printerMachine producing paper copies
- thermalPertaining to warmth
- inkjetSpray-based printing method
laser · multifunction · peripheral · hardware · electronic · toner · cartridge · rollers
Cause to arrive elsewhere
- receiveAccept something offered
- dialGraduated circular indicator
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- telephone lineWired voice transmission channel
transmission · data transfer · handshake · error correction · speed dial · confirmation page · busy signal · redial
Administrative written tasks
- memosShort official messages
- cover sheetIntroductory document page
- letterheadBranded formal stationery
- invoiceItemized billing statement
receipt · form · report · correspondence · filing · inbox · outbox · stationery
Old and outdated
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- datedOld-fashioned or courted
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- deprecatedFormally advised against using
legacy · discontinued · phased out · nostalgic · retro · vintage · anachronistic · relic
Transmitted communication
- dispatchSend with speed
- notificationFormal notice given
- bulletinBrief public announcement
- announcementPublic declaration of information
memorandum · briefing · exchange · correspondence · urgent · time-sensitive · confirmation · broadcast
modem
Digital-to-analog signal converter
inkjet · laser · multifunction · peripheral · hardware · electronic · toner · cartridge · rollers · keypad
send
Cause to arrive elsewhere
telephone line · transmission · data transfer · handshake · error correction · speed dial · confirmation page · busy signal · redial · queue
paperwork
Administrative written tasks
- memosShort official messages
- cover sheetIntroductory document page
- letterheadBranded formal stationery
invoice · receipt · form · report · correspondence · filing · inbox · outbox · stationery · secretarial
antiquated
Old and outdated
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- datedOld-fashioned or courted
- supersededReplaced by something newer
deprecated · legacy · discontinued · phased out · nostalgic · retro · vintage · anachronistic · relic · remnant
message
Transmitted communication
- dispatchSend with speed
- notificationFormal notice given
- bulletinBrief public announcement
announcement · memorandum · briefing · exchange · correspondence · urgent · time-sensitive · confirmation · broadcast
- telecommunicationscell phone, cellphone, signals, cellular network, telephone calls
- obsolete techfloppy disk, VHS, dial-up modem, cassette tape, floppy disks
- obsolete technologyVHS, 8-tracks, VHS tapes, cassette tape, cassette tapes
- office equipmentprinter, printers, copier, copiers, scanner
- retro electronics8-track, 8-track player, Atari, Betamax, boombox
- Retro ItemsVHS tape, cassette tape, rotary phone, record player, Walkman
fax machineemail
Digital written communication
cloud storage · smartphone · instant messaging · digital communication · Slack
fax machineemail
Digital written communication
file sharing · Dropbox · Google Drive · email attachment · PDF