Facsimile
Facsimile or usually called fax come from latin language fac simile that mean “make copy” or “make duplicate”. Fax used to send a copy of document from one place to another in a far distances. Document delivery time in conservative way, using man to deliver usually take time as long as the distances. But, if we use fax, we can copy the document in remote place in a few minutes. It’s mean on the same day.
Nowday, fax is more sophisticated. In the 19th century, we use analog fax. Now on, in 20th century, we use digital fax. Fax server is a machine that familiar in our ear now. The ability of fax now is extended, not only send a fax to one place, but also can send to few places at the same time. It’s called fax broadcast. The protocol that used by fax machine to send the data also changed. Now, we can use IP protocol. With fax over ip, we can send a fax data without old phone line. We can use our internet connection.
So, fax more sophisticated and more easy, isn’t it?
