5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scan  \Scan\  (sk[a^]n),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Scanned}  (sk[a^]nd); 
  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Scanning}.]  [L.  scandere  scansum  to  climb, 
  to  scan,  akin  to  Skr.  skand  to  spring,  leap:  cf  F.  scander. 
  Cf  {Ascend},  {Descend},  {Scale}  a  ladder.] 
  1.  To  mount  by  steps;  to  go  through  with  step  by  step.  [Obs.] 
 
  Nor  stayed  till  she  the  highest  stage  had  scand. 
  --Spenser. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scan 
  n  :  the  act  of  scanning;  systematic  examination  of  a  prescribed 
  region;  "he  made  a  thorough  scan  of  the  beach  with  his 
  binoculars" 
  v  1:  examine  minutely  or  intensely 
  2:  examine  hastily  [syn:  {skim},  {rake},  {glance  over},  {run 
  down}] 
  3:  glance  over  or  read  superficially 
  4:  make  a  wide,  sweeping  search  of  "The  beams  scanned  the 
  night  sky" 
  5:  conform  to  a  metrical  pattern;  of  poetic  verse 
  6:  move  a  light  beam  over  in  electronics,  to  reproduce  an 
  image 
  7:  read  metrically;  "scan  verses" 
  8:  obtain  data  from  magnetic  tapes;  "This  dictionary  can  be 
  read  by  the  computer"  [syn:  {read}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  SCAN 
 
  1.  ["A  Parallel  Implementation  of  the  SCAN  Language", 
  N.G.  Bourbakis  Comp  Langs  14(4):239-254  (1989)]. 
 
  2.  A  {real-time}  language  from  {DEC}. 
 
  [Are  these  the  same  language?] 
 
  (1994-11-01) 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  scan 
 
  1.  (computer  peripheral)  See  {scanner}. 
 
  2.  (circuit  design)  See  {scan  design}. 
 
  3.  ({functional  programming})  See  {scanl},  {scanr}. 
 
  4.    An  algorithm  for  scheduling  multiple 
  accesses  to  a  disk.  A  number  of  requests  are  ordered 
  according  to  the  data's  position  on  the  storage  device.  This 
  reduces  the  disk  arm  movement  to  one  scan"  or  sweep  across 
  the  whole  disk  in  the  worst  case.  The  serivce  time  can  be 
  estimated  from  the  disk's  track-to-track  {seek}  time,  maximum 
  seek  time  (one  scan),  and  maximum  {rotational  latency}. 
 
  {Scan-EDF}  is  a  variation  on  this 
 
  (1995-11-15) 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  SCAN 
  Switched-Circuit  Automatic  Network 
 
 

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