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Teletext vs Fax - What's the difference?

teletext | fax |

As nouns the difference between teletext and fax

is that teletext is a text-based information retrieval system using television sets with a suitable decoder; developed by the BBC while fax is the hair of the head.

As a verb fax is

to send a document via a fax machine.

teletext

English

(wikipedia Teletext)

Noun

(-)
  • (UK, and, Europe) A text-based information retrieval system using television sets with a suitable decoder; developed by the BBC.

    • See also

    * Aertel * Ceefax * ORACLE * Prestel

    fax

    English

    (wikipedia fax)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The hair of the head.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (facsimile), first attested 1979.

    Noun

    (faxes)
  • A fax machine or a document received and printed by one.

    • Verb

    (es)
  • To send a document via a fax machine.