Fax Machine

Why does a fax machine have a telephone number? Tim and Moby will fill you in on this and lots of other fun fax — er, facts — in this BrainPOP UK movie on fax machines! In this educational, animated movie you’ll learn what “fax” is short for, plus the nitty-gritty technology behind how faxes work! Discover the various components of fax machines, including the device that encodes documents into electronic signals; the converter that changes these signals into digital bits; and the modem that transmits them. Plus, you’ll see why fax machines make those annoying beeping sounds! Just one of the fax of life!

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