fax machine
A fax machine: a device that scans a document and sends it over a telephone line to another machine that prints a copy
Meaning
A fax machine: a device that scans a document and sends it over a telephone line to another machine that prints a copy. In conversation it commonly stands for old-fashioned office technology, paperwork, or sending documents, and can signal that something feels outdated or bureaucratic. It often appears in jokes about slow, formal, or pre-internet ways of working. It can also simply label fax-related content. Usage is usually humorous or nostalgic rather than literal, so the intended tone depends on context.
Fax machine — Approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.
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Unicode data
U+1F4E0fax machineF0 9F 93 A0Shortcodes
:fax_machine:HTML & CSS
📠📠\1F4E0 Languages
\u{1F4E0}\U0001F4E0\x{1F4E0}\u{1F4E0}Encodings
xn--5t8h%F0%9F%93%A0Frequently asked
What does 📠 fax machine mean?
A fax machine: a device that scans a document and sends it over a telephone line to another machine that prints a copy. In conversation it commonly stands for old-fashioned office technology, paperwork, or sending documents, and can signal that something feels outdated or bureaucratic. It often appears in jokes about slow, formal, or pre-internet ways of working. It can also simply label fax-related content. Usage is usually humorous or nostalgic rather than literal, so the intended tone depends on context.
What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for 📠 fax machine?
U+1F4E0 (Unicode 6.0, 2010) · :fax_machine:
Which emojis are related to 📠 fax machine?
📱 mobile phone, 📲 mobile phone with arrow, ☎️ telephone, 📞 telephone receiver, 📟 pager