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  2. A scanner is an input device that scans documents such as photographs and pages of text. When a document is scanned, it is converted into a digital format. This creates an electronic version of the document that can be viewed and edited on a computer.

  3. What is a scanner? - TechTarget

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    What is a scanner? A scanner is a device that captures images from photographic prints, posters, magazine pages and similar sources for computer editing and display. Scanners work by converting the image on the document into digital information that can be stored on a computer through optical character recognition ( OCR ).

  4. Scanner Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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    a. : a device for sensing recorded data (as in a bar code) a supermarket scanner. b. : a radio receiver that sequentially scans a range of frequencies for a signal. c. : a device that scans an image (such as a photograph) or document (such as a page of text) especially for use or storage on a computer. d.

  5. What is a Scanner? - Definition from Techopedia

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    What Does Scanner Mean? A scanner is an electronic device which can capture images from physical items and convert them into digital formats, which in turn can be stored in a computer, and viewed or modified using software applications.

  6. What is a Scanner? – Definition, Function, Properties and Types

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    Definition Scanner. A scanner is a device that optically scans images, handwriting, printed text, or an object; and converts it to a digital image. Most of the scanners used in offices are different types of desktop flatbed [scanner], where we place the document on a glass window for scanning.

  7. SCANNER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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    a device that changes images or text into electronic form: a supermarket checkout scanner. An MRI scanner makes images of the brain, spinal cord, and other organs. (Definition of scanner from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

  8. Image scanner - Wikipedia

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    An image scanner (often abbreviated to just scanner) is a device that optically scans images, printed text, handwriting, or an object and converts it to a digital image. The most common type of scanner used in offices and in the home is the flatbed scanner, where the document is placed on a glass window for scanning.

  9. SCANNER | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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    a device that changes images or text into electronic form: a supermarket checkout scanner. An MRI scanner makes images of the brain, spinal cord, and other organs. (Definition of scanner from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

  10. scanner | meaning in the Cambridge Essential American Dictionary

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    scanner definition: a piece of equipment that copies words or pictures from paper into a computer. Learn more.

  11. What is Scanner? - GeeksforGeeks

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    A scanner is an electrical device can read and translate text, images, and other materials into a digital signal. This transforms the documents into a format that computer software programs can use to view and/or edit them.