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= = =Fax, Email and Tele/Video conferencing= By Anna Mansfield

Fax- The word Fax is short for Facsimile meaning 'make a copy' in Latin. A fax Literally makes a copy of your documents and send it to the reciever as a hard copy. A fax machine uses an image scanner and a modem and a printer. Using a Fax machine comes with Advantages and Disadvantages, an advantage would be, being able to send handwritten information and when it has been sent you are informed.



Email- Email stands for Electronic mail, it is alot like a letter but in a technical way. This is when 2 or more people communicate using the internet. It is also a system of world wide internet and electronic comunnication. Messages are sent digitally from one person to another. The sytem is used in called store and a forward model.



Tele/video Conferencing- This is basically what it sounds like, it is when two people who cant meet eachother use cameras or T.V.s to see each other and hear each other. It can be done anywhere. Webcamming is basically Tele/video conferencing, it allows you to view who you want to talk to, even overseas and boarders. It was first developed in the 1970s using a picturephone, but it was first demonstrated in 1968.