A technology that takes paper from the sender and produces more paper that looks just like it at the recipient's end. You can use fax modems to eliminate the paper step at one end or both, but they may be less reliable than stand-alone fax machines. Email is cleaner, often cheaper, and more environmentally friendly, and the results are more useful in other programs. However, you can't easily send signatures or existing paper documents via email. Federal Express A company that can transport paper mail overnight for a hefty sum of money.
Email is far faster and cheaper.
Fidonet A network of cooperating bulletin board systems that has some links to the Internet. Common extensions include .txt for text files, .exe for application files, and .ini for initialization files. A machine that provides files via a network. A computer on which files are stored for anyone on the Internet to retrieve. Finger A Unix program that helps you find out information about someone else on the Internet.