optical character recognition (OCR)
Definition
Ability of a software to convert scanned (digitized) image of printed or handwritten text into a form that can be recognized and manipulated by a word-processing program as alphabets, words, and numerals. OCR is employed in storing the contents of books and documents without the need of retyping or rekeying.
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optical character recognition (OCR) is in the Computer Hardware, Software, & Security subject.
optical character recognition (OCR) appears in the definitions of the following terms: automatic data capture and scanner
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