Group 3

<protocol, compression> (G3) The CCITT fax protocol which uses data compression and allows a variety of file types (e.g. electronic mail, pictures, PostScript) to be transmitted over analogue telephone lines.

The Group 3 protocol was published by CCITT in 1993.

Full details of the protocol are available from ITU-T.

See also Group 4.

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