fax

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

Summary

fax is a form of communication[1]. fax ranks in the top 9% of form_of_communication entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,891 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • fax's instance of is recorded as form of communication[3].
  • fax is a type of telecommunications technology[4].
  • fax is a type of remote communication[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 used by is recorded as fax machine[15].
  • fax's used by is recorded as fax server[16].
  • fax's has characteristic is recorded as communications media[17].
  • fax's equivalent class is recorded as https://www.commoncoreontologies.org/ont00001143[18].
  • fax's uses is recorded as telephone line[19].
  • fax's uses is recorded as fax number[20].
  • fax's P14870 is recorded as ont00001143[21].

Why It Matters

fax ranks in the top 9% of form_of_communication entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,891 views/month).[2] fax has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] fax is known by 103 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). fax. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/fax
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 24d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14870 → ont00001143
    Subclass of → telecommunications technology, remote communication
    Equivalent class → https://www.commoncoreontologies.org/ont00001143
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/53024|batch #53024]]"
  2. 26d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → communications media
    Instance of → form of communication
    Subclass of → telecommunications technology, remote communication
    Uses → telephone line, fax number
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q38786485]]"
  3. 11w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → telecommunications technology, remote communication
    Instance of → form of communication
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q116505632]]"
  4. 16w ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Foldoc id → fax, facsimile
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P12946]]: facsimile"
  5. 19w 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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