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fax

method of transmitting images, often of documents
class communications_media Q132744
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fax

Summary

fax is a communications media[1]. fax ranks in the top 5% of communications_media entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,946 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • fax's instance of is recorded as communications media[3].
  • fax is a type of communications media[4].
  • fax is a type of telecommunications technology[5].
  • fax is used for communication[6].
  • fax's Unicode character is recorded as 📠[7].
  • fax's Unicode character is recorded as ℻[8].
  • fax's Unicode character is recorded as 🖷[9].
  • May 27, 1843 marks the founding of fax[10].
  • fax's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fax[11].
  • fax's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[12].
  • fax's replaces is recorded as telautograph[13].
  • fax's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/fax[14].
  • fax's uses is recorded as telephone line[15].
  • fax's uses is recorded as fax machine[16].
  • fax's uses is recorded as fax number[17].

Why It Matters

fax ranks in the top 5% of communications_media entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,946 views/month).[2] fax has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] fax is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). fax. Retrieved March 9, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/fax
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_fax_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{fax}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/fax}, note = {Accessed: 2026-03-09}}
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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Stack exchange tag → https://stackoverflow.com/tags/fax
    Nomenclature for museum cataloging → —
    Encyclopedia of korean culture id → E0059812
    Library of congress authority id → —
    + 109 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P2347]], mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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