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scanner


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scanner 
  n  :  a  device  that  scans  automatically  for  some  signal  or 
  condition 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  scanner 
 
  1.  An  input  device  that  takes  in  an  optical  image  and 
  digitises  it  into  an  electronic  image  represented  as  binary 
  data.  This  can  be  used  to  create  a  computerised  version  of  a 
  photo  or  illustration. 
 
  A  scanner  may  be  linked  to  {optical  character  recognition} 
  software  allowing  printed  documents  to  be  converted  to 
  electronic  text  without  having  to  type  them  in  at  a  keyboard. 
 
  2.  {lexical  analyser}. 
 
  (1995-02-14) 
 
 




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