scanner : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: scanner	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for scanner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scanner n someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer Synonym(s): scanner, digital scanner, image scanner a radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a broad area a radio receiver that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or condition; "they used scanners to monitor police radio channels" Synonym(s): scanner, electronic scanner
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [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)