telefax
Phone line printer
Telefax is a now-dated term for fax—the technology that transmits documents over telephone lines, or a document sent this way.
The word combines telephone and facsimile, emphasizing the transmission method.
Though telefax appeared on business cards and letterheads throughout the 1980s and 1990s, plain fax has largely replaced it in everyday use.
Please send the signed contract by telefax.
Phone-line document transfer
- facsimileExact reproduction of original
- scannerDevice that reads data
- printerMachine producing paper copies
- copierMachine reproducing documents
multifunction · toner · ink · modem · handset · keypad · display · tray
Phone-line document transfer
- headerTop line of document
- timestampRecorded moment identifier
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- receiptWritten payment acknowledgment
memo · correspondence · bulletin · notification · dispatch · communique · letterhead · signature
Cause to arrive elsewhere
- receiveAccept something offered
- dispatchSend with speed
- relayStage-by-stage transmission
- forwardOnward in direction
transmission · broadcast · transfer · dial · connect · encode · decode · scan
No longer in use
- legacyWhat's passed down
- retroEvoking recent past
- analogComparable equivalent
- dial-upPhone-line internet connection
typewriter · pager · landline · paper-based · phased-out · discontinued · vintage · superseded
fax
Phone-line document transfer
- facsimileExact reproduction of original
- scannerDevice that reads data
- printerMachine producing paper copies
copier · multifunction · toner · ink · modem · handset · keypad · display · tray · roller
fax
Phone-line document transfer
- headerTop line of document
- timestampRecorded moment identifier
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
receipt · memo · correspondence · bulletin · notification · dispatch · communique · letterhead · signature · attachment
send
Cause to arrive elsewhere
forward · transmission · broadcast · transfer · dial · connect · encode · decode · scan · print
outdated
No longer in use
dial-up · typewriter · pager · landline · paper-based · phased-out · discontinued · vintage · superseded · replaced
- tele- wordstelevision, TV, telescope, telecom, telepathy
- copiescopy, photocopy, duplicate, carbon copy, xerox
telefaxemail
Digital written communication
digital messaging · instant messaging · text message · e-mail · electronic mail
telefaxsnail mail
Physical letter delivery
courier · face-to-face · messenger · carrier pigeon · telegraph
telephone, telegram, telegraph, telecast, faxed, faxes, faxing, telex, telegraphy