What does the word 'facsimile' means?

Answer 1

photographic copy of a document. Shortened to "Fax" when delivering it electronically.

Answer 2

No, it's not a fax, it's where fax got its name. A facsimile is a resemblance or reproduction that almost literally (or figuratively) is identical to the original. In the days before email and internet, companies used to ask consumers to submit a "reasonable facsimile" of the box top when conducting contests.

Answer 3

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fax (short for facsimile, from Latin fac simile, "make similar", i.e. "make a copy") is a telecommunications technology used to transfer copies (facsimiles) of documents, especially using affordable devices operating over the telephone network. The word telefax, short for telefacsimile, for "make a copy at a distance", is also used as a synonym. The device is also known as a telecopier in certain industries. When sending documents to people at large distances, faxes have a distinct advantage over postal mail in that the delivery is nearly instantenous, yet its disadvantages in quality and its proprietary format have relegated it to a position beneath email as the prevailing form of electronic document tranferral.

Answer 4

1 : an exact copy
2 : a system of transmitting and reproducing graphic matter (as printing or still pictures) by means of signals sent over telephone lines

Answer 5

An exact copy of a document.

Answer 6

Like a copy, thats what i know

Carbon copy like

Answer 7

Basically, it's a copy.

Answer 8

a ditto copy

Answer 9

It's a Fax.