An
electronic device attached to a
telephone system which is used to
transmit copies of
documents via the telephone
network. This is a fairly quick and easy way to send paper-based
information from one point to another. These days a
computer (via a
modem) can
emulate a facscimile machine and
communicate such
data from a
digital format to a paper format on the receiving facsimile machine.
also known as a fax machine.