Scan vs. Fax

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  • 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. The receiving fax machine interprets the tones and reconstructs the image, printing a paper copy. Early systems used direct conversions of image darkness to audio tone in a continuous or analog manner. Since the 1980s, most machines modulate the transmitted audio frequencies using a digital representation of the page which is compressed to quickly transmit areas which are all-white or all-black.

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  • Scan (verb)

    To read or mark so as to show a specific meter. from 14th C.

    “to scan verse”

  • Scan (verb)

    To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely. from 16th C.

    “She scanned the passage carefully but could not find what she was looking for.”

  • Scan (verb)

    To look about for; to look over quickly. from 19th C.

    “He scanned the horizon.”

  • Scan (verb)

    To conform to a metrical structure.

  • Scan (verb)

    To inspect, analyze or go over, often to find something.

    “to scan the hard drive for errors”

  • Scan (verb)

    To create a digital copy of an image using a scanner.

    “to scan a photograph”

    “Pencil drawings don’t scan very well.”

  • Scan (verb)

    To read with an electronic device.

    “to scan a barcode; to scan a QR code”

  • Scan (verb)

    To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.

  • Scan (noun)

    Close investigation. from 1700s

  • Scan (noun)

    An instance of scanning.

    “The operators vacated the room during the scan.”

  • Scan (noun)

    The result or output of a scanning process.

    “The doctors looked at the scans and made a diagnosis.”

  • Fax (noun)

    The hair of the head.

  • Fax (noun)

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

  • Fax (verb)

    To send a document via a fax machine.

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