faxing
Sending documents telephonically
Faxing is sending documents electronically over telephone lines, where a machine scans the original and transmits it to a receiving fax machine that prints a copy.
The technology dominated business communication in the 1980s and 1990s but has largely given way to email and digital file sharing: I spent the morning faxing contracts to the office.
Some industries—law, medicine, government—still rely on faxing for its perceived security or regulatory compliance.
Power-driven working device
- modemDigital-to-analog signal converter
- transmissionSending of information
- telephoneVoice communication device
- scannerDevice that reads data
printout · document · thermal · toner · beep · dial-up · landline · paper
Introductory document page
- memoBrief internal message
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
- letterheadBranded formal stationery
- secretaryAdministrative office aide
paperwork · filing · inbox · confirmation · urgent · copies · signature · stamp
Causing to go
- receivingAcquiring what's sent
- transmittingSending out signals
- broadcastingMass signal transmission
- relayingPassing something received onward
forwarding · notifying · dispatching · delivering · confirming · replying · requesting · submitting
Enforceable written agreements
- signaturesHandwritten names as authentication
- notarizedOfficially certified authentic
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- HIPAAMedical privacy statute
medical records · court filings · escrow · banking · official · verification · timestamp · documentation
No longer in use
- retroEvoking recent past
- legacyWhat's passed down
- vintageQuality from past eras
- antiquatedOld and outdated
superseded · replaced · email · digital · scanning · PDF · attachment · inefficient
machine
Power-driven working device
- modemDigital-to-analog signal converter
- transmissionSending of information
- telephoneVoice communication device
scanner · printout · document · thermal · toner · beep · dial-up · landline · paper · rollers
cover sheet
Introductory document page
- memoBrief internal message
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
- letterheadBranded formal stationery
secretary · paperwork · filing · inbox · confirmation · urgent · copies · signature · stamp · routing
sending
Causing to go
- receivingAcquiring what's sent
- transmittingSending out signals
- broadcastingMass signal transmission
relaying · forwarding · notifying · dispatching · delivering · confirming · replying · requesting · submitting · announcing
contracts
Enforceable written agreements
- signaturesHandwritten names as authentication
- notarizedOfficially certified authentic
- complianceAdhering to requirements
HIPAA · medical records · court filings · escrow · banking · official · verification · timestamp · documentation · authentic
outdated
No longer in use
antiquated · superseded · replaced · email · digital · scanning · PDF · attachment · inefficient · nostalgic
- copyingcopying, copy, plagiarism, repeating, duplicating
- document servicesprinting, copying, scanning, shredding, laminating
- contactingcalling, phoning, texting, emailing, messaging
- office workdesk work, filing, desks, email, emails
- paperworkinvoice, permit, documents, license, filing
- sendingmailing, shipping, emailing, dispatching, forwarding
faxingemailing
Transmitting digital correspondence
hand-delivering · texting · instant messaging · mailing · snail mail
fax, facsimile, faxed, faxes, facsimiles, fax machine, telefax