scanner

En français : scanneur, scanner, numériseur

1. One who scans.
2. A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium. · He put the picture in the scanner, then e-mailed a copy of it to his family.
3. A device which scans barcodes or QR codes for the purpose of charging a customer, performing a price check or enquiry, printing a price label or sticker, checking an item in or out of the store or warehouse, or finding an item ordered through click and collect and its corresponding location; a pricing gun or HHT.
4. A radio receiver which iterates through a sequence of frequencies to detect signal.
5. A device which uses radiation (ultrasound, X-ray, etc.) to generate images of tissue or surfaces for diagnostic purposes.
6. A device which uses optics to detect printed data (such as a barcode).

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