scanner
Definition
Computer peripheral or a stand-alone device that converts a document, film, graphic, or photograph to a digital image, manipulable through an appropriate software. When used with an optical character recognition (OCR) software, a scanner can convert printed, typewritten (and, with some devices, handwritten) text into a digital file that can be read by a word processor.
scanner is in the Computer Hardware, Software, & Security subject.
scanner appears in the definitions of the following terms:
machine readable,
raster graphics,
imaging,
digital fingerprint,
barcode symbol,
local area network (LAN),
multifunctional peripheral,
tempest,
input device,
dots per inch (DPI)
and
scanner appears in these other term: barcode scanner
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