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fox messages

fox messages is the plural of fox message.

Meaning of fox message

Noun

fox message (plural fox messages)

  1. A message sent to test a teletype machine, incorporating most or all of the available text characters.
    • The punched paper tapes containing the standard Fox messages are passed through an IBM 047 Tape-to-Card Printing Punch which has been modified to recognize and punch every pertinent teletype symbol, […]1964, IEEE International Convention Record

Questions about fox messages

What is fox messages the plural of?
Fox messages is the plural of fox message.

Words near fox messages in the dictionary

  1. fox maggot
  2. fox maggots
  3. fox mark
  4. fox marks
  5. fox message
  6. fox messages
  7. fox moth
  8. fox moths
  9. Fox News brain
  10. Fox Newsian
  11. Fox Newsians

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