What (who) is scanner - definition
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Scanning device; Scanner (disambiguation)
scanner
¦ noun
1. Medicine a machine that examines the body through the use of radiation, ultrasound, or magnetic resonance imaging, as a diagnostic aid.
2. a device that scans documents and converts them into digital data.
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)
scanner
(scanners)
1.
A scanner is a machine which is used to examine, identify, or record things, for example by using a beam of light, sound, or X-rays.
...brain scanners.
...a security scanner that can see through clothes.
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2.
A scanner is a piece of computer equipment that you use for copying a picture or document onto a computer. (COMPUTING)
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Pronunciation examples for scanner
1. scanner.
Top Secret America _ Dana Priest _ Talks at Google
2. laying in the scanner.
The Social Brain and The Workplace _ Matthew Lieberman _ Talks at Google
3. laying in the scanner.
The Social Brain and The Workplace _ Matthew Lieberman _ Talks at Google
4. It's not my scanner.
The Social Brain and The Workplace _ Matthew Lieberman _ Talks at Google
5. It's UCLA's scanner.
The Social Brain and The Workplace _ Matthew Lieberman _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of scanner
1. -- Using a digital scanner to scan a submitted photograph.
2. This also functions as a scanner and colour copier.
3. Muslim–dominated areas are under our scanner," the officer said.
4. Haun said the new 87,000 square–foot hospital –– about three times the size of the barn –– will include updated technology such as a 16–slice CT scanner that can capture more images than the single–slice scanner they use now.
5. When prompted by an electromagnetic scanner, the chip transmits a unique code.