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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

scan·ner / ˈskanər/ • n. a device for examining, reading, or monitoring something, in particular: ∎ Med. a machine that examines the body through the use of radiation, ultrasound, or magnetic resonance imaging, as a diagnostic aid. ∎ Electr. a device that scans documents or images and converts them into digital data.

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A Dictionary of Computing | 2004 | | Copyright

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1. A device that can capture an image and convert it into a unique set of electrical signals. The image scanned may be a pattern that is directly related to a code, such as bar codes on retailed products, or it may be a picture, page, or portion of text. See also drum scanner, flatbed scanner, bar code scanner, document scanner.

2. Another name for lexical analyzer.

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A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | | Copyright

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1. A form of VIRUS DETECTION SOFTWARE. It scans the memory of a computer looking for known code patterns associated with VIRUSes. Scanners can be executed continuously or can be scheduled to be executed at frequent intervals.

2. A hardware device which converts hard-copy images such as magazine photographs into graphic FILES. See SCANNED IMAGE.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

scanner •Alana, Anna, bandanna, banner, Branagh, canna, canner, Diana, fanner, Fermanagh, Guyana, Hannah, Havana, hosanna, Indiana, Joanna, lanner, Louisiana, manna, manner, manor, Montana, nana, planner, Pollyanna, Rosanna, savannah, scanner, spanner, Susanna, tanner •Abner • Jaffna • Patna • caravanner •Africana, Afrikaner, Americana, ana, banana, Botswana, bwana, cabana, caragana, Christiana, Dana, darner, Edwardiana, garner, Georgiana, Ghana, Gloriana, Guiana, gymkhana, Haryana, iguana, Lana, lantana, liana, Lipizzaner, Ljubljana, Mahayana, mana, mañana, marijuana, nirvana, Oriana, pacarana, piranha, prana, Purana, Rosh Hashana, Santayana, Setswana, sultana, Tatiana, Tijuana, Tirana, tramontana, Tswana, varna, Victoriana, zenana •Gardner • partner •antenna, Avicenna, duenna, henna, Jenna, Jenner, Morwenna, Ravenna, senna, Siena, sienna, tenner, tenor, Vienna •Edna • interregna • Etna • Pevsner

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	Scanners add art and color to school documents. Magazine article from: T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education); 10/1/1990
	Scanners need skilled operators. (part 2) Magazine article from: Graphic Arts Monthly; 10/1/1991
	Scanners.(Buyers Guide)(Brief Article) Magazine article from: Computer Shopper; 6/1/1998