fax · communication
Ask Prometheusa message that is sent over a phone using a device that converts it into electrical signals
Fax (noun) means: a message that is sent over a phone using a device that converts it into electrical signals. It emerges from device, phone, message, power: the device uses electrical power to convert the message into signals that the phone transmits. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 20, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- The 1989 fax transmission of the Berlin Wall's fall was relayed globally within minutes. history
- Hospitals used fax machines to send patient records to insurers before digital systems replaced them. healthcare
- The 1991 Gulf War ceasefire terms were faxed from Washington to Baghdad via satellite link. military
Emergence
through: the device uses electrical power to convert the message into signals that the phone transmits
- transmitted message in signal form
- remote synchronous delivery
- analog encoding of information
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (405 steps)
- faxL20
- deviceL5
- phoneL9
- messageL7
- powerL19
- energyL0
- timeL0
- spaceL0
- motionL2
- changeL1
- effortL7
- workL3
- processL4
- makeL4
- capacityL11
- potentialL18
- sendL8
- useL6
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.