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scanner

[skan-er] / ˈskæn ər /
NOUN
optical character recognition
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It will use supermarket scanner data for more than half of the grocery market.

From BBC

This theory underpins much of today's technology, including computer chips, lasers, fiber optic communication, solar panels, MRI scanners, electron microscopes, and the atomic clocks used in GPS systems.

From Science Daily

After arresting the owners, officers also searched their vehicle, where they found an air pistol - possession of which requires a licence and supervision for under 18s - a police scanner, and more cash.

From BBC

Lying under the MRI scanner and having my brain scanned brought nerves I was not expecting.

From BBC

According to a search warrant affidavit, detectives tracked a suspect vehicle to a home in Sun Valley after it was captured by several scanners near where the shooting occurred.

From Los Angeles Times