NDC comm CompuFax - Manual (Page 127)

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fax
An electronically transmitted facsimile of a document. A machine that will transmit and receive such
documents. The action of transmitting such a document
FAX
The command that VMS recognizes and which tells it to begin running the CompuFax command processor
on your VAX or Alpha AXP computer.
fax device (modem)
A device used to transmit images via a telephone line to another such device which converts received
telephone signals back into images. The word modem is derived from the words modulation/ demodulation.
fax phone number
A phone number which has a FAX machine connected to it, which is dedicated to the transmission and
receipt of fax communications.
FAX%
The command to use at the VMS MAIL To: prompt to tell VMS MAIL that you are sending a fax. (No
spaces are allowed between FAX% and the destination phone number that follows it.)
FAX>
The prompt that is displayed when you type FAX and press return. This prompt tells you that the CompuFax
command processor is running. This is also known as the CompuFax command line.
FAX_DB
The sample database application that comes with CompuFax. Each FAX_DB record contains a phone
number and other fields.
field
Another name for a data element of a database record. Examples might include First Name, City, or Phone
Number.
file
A collection of related information, usually consisting of a number of records and stored on disk.
file directive
A command that is embedded into a fax document.
font
A printing term, denoting letters, numerals and other printing symbols of a particular size and style, such as
Courier bold 12-point, Helvetica italic 10-point, etc.
graphics
The subject of representing images, especially on paper, as in faxes. See also bitmapped file and ASCII file.
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Fax equipment which conforms to the T.4 standard. It sends a typical letter size fax in about half a minute
over a voice grade phone line.
header font
The font used with the header line on a fax document.