What word is "fax" an abbreviation of?
facsimile
Can a fax send images?
Yes
What else?
text
After scanning, what is the original document converted to?
a bitmap
How is it the sent over the telephone?
audio-frequency tones
What does a fax machine do with these tones?
interprets them
To do what?
reconstructs the image
Who tweaked Bain's design?
Frederick Bakewell
What did Bain patent?
the Electric Printing Telegraph
When?
May 27, 1843
Which was invented first, telefax or the telephone?
telefax
Where did the first service run?
between Paris and Lyon
When?
1865
What can post-1980s fax machines transmit quickly?
areas which are all-white or all-black.
What do they use to do this?
a digital representation of the page
What is fax sometimes called instead?
telecopying
Or what?
telefax
Which is an abbreviation for what?
telefacsimile
Who was Caselli?
an Italian physicist