The word fax is short for facsimile so you can find pictures of fax machines on electronics store websites such as Best Buy as well as on the wikipedia article labeled fax.
It's short for "facsimile", because the machine creates a facsimile of the original document.
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When people use the term "Xerox machine" they usually refer to a copier or a printer. In that sense, a Xerox machine is used to make copies of documents, or images of other small objects that can be placed on the platen, or to print the output from a computer or facsimile (Fax) machine
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It's short for facsimile - The word facsimile means 'likeness' or 'copy' - which is what a fax machine gives the recipient - a copy of the original document.
FAX is shorthand for facsimile.
Of course "fax" is a shortening of "facsimile", so early machines were often called "facsimile machines" and people referred to sending a fax as "sending a facsimile". A couple of other names, are telefax and telecopier. Today, a common kind of machine is a multi-function machine that is a copier/scanner/printer/fax. These are called multi-function machines, multi-function printers, or all-in-one's.
The facsimile machine was invented in 1842 by Alexander Bain. igup
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