Scanner

Scanner

Scanner may refer to a number of technological devices:
* Scanner (radio), for searching for and receiving radio broadcasts
* A rotating radar antenna
* Image scanner, which digitizes a two-dimensional image
* 3D scanner, which digitizes the three-dimensional shape of a real object
* Barcode reader, which reads the data encoded in a barcode
* Vulnerability scanner, a computer program that probes for weaknesses
* Lexical analyzer, a computer program
* Stepper, a part of the photolithography process
* An outside broadcast control vehicle
* An automotive electronic control unit diagnostic tool
* A spotlight
* Port scanner, in computer networking

In popular culture, scanner may refer to:
* Scanner (Band), a German speed metal band
* Scanner (Code Lyoko), a fictional teleportation device
* The stage name of British electronic musician Robin Rimbaud
* A floating enemy in the computer game Half Life 2
* Scanners Live in Vain, a science fiction short story by Cordwainer Smith
* A Scanner Darkly, a science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick.

Other

* WikiScanner, a tool that provides a searchable database of anonymous Wikipedia edits

ee also

*Scan


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  • Scanner — Scanner …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • Scanner — ([ˈskænɚ], englisch ‚Abtaster‘) bezeichnet: Geräte zur berührungslosen digitalen Datenerfassung: Barcodelesegerät, Gerät zum optischen Abtasten von Strichcodes Scanner (Datenerfassung), Gerät zur optischen Digitalisierung von Aufsicht und… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • scanner — scan‧ner [ˈskænə ǁ ər] noun [countable] COMMERCE 1. a machine that passes an electronic Beam over something in order to read information on it or produce a picture of what is inside: • Customers simply have to wave the product s bar code under a… …   Financial and business terms

  • scanner X — m. mét. explor. TAC. Medical Dictionary. 2011 …   Diccionario médico

  • scanner — / skænə/, it. / skan:er/ s. ingl. [der. di (to ) scan esaminare, analizzare ], usato in ital. al masch. (inform.) [dispositivo che realizza lo scanning di testi o immagini per convertirli in segnali digitali atti a essere registrati o elaborati… …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • Scanner — [ßkạ̈ner; zu engl. to scan = abtasten] m; s, : = Szintigraph …   Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke

  • scanner — → escáner …   Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

  • scanner — (n.) 1927 as a type of mechanical device, agent noun from SCAN (Cf. scan) (v.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • scanner — |scâner| s. m. 1. Aparelho de deteção capaz de captar, graças a um dispositivo que opera por exploração, as radiações eletromagnéticas emitidas por superfícies extensas. 2.  [Artes gráficas] Aparelho que serve para realizar, por exploração… …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • scanner — /ˈskanner, ingl. ˈskænə(r)/ [vc. ingl., da to scan «esaminare minuziosamente»] s. m. inv. (elab.) lettore ottico …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

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