Scanner

Scanner ( [ skænɚ ], English, sampler ') may refer to:

Device for contactless digital data acquisition:

  • Bar code reader device for optically scanning bar codes
  • Scanner ( data acquisition), devices such as flatbed or slide scanner for optical digitization of supervision and transparencies
  • Document scanner for the ( semi-) automated optical digitization of large volumes of documents
  • Telecine device for reading films and other film material and its conversion into an analog or digital video signal
  • Laser scanner for detecting surfaces by means of laser beams, see Laser Scanning

Device for contactless systematic search:

  • Scanner (safety equipment), devices for detection of hidden goods
  • Body scanner ( also nude scanner ), various devices with which a person's body and objects can be mapped under clothing
  • Port Scanner is a software with which you can check which services a network device offers (eg a PC)
  • Virus scanners, a software for search and elimination of computer viruses, see anti-virus program
  • Radio scanner, a device that is different radio frequencies continuously searches for signals

Non-contact imaging in the medical everyday language, see:

  • Computed tomography
  • Positron emission tomography
  • Single photon emission computed
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Other:

  • Scanner ( lighting technology ), in lighting design a headlamp for projecting images and optical effects
  • Scanner ( Semiconductor Technology ), investment in photolithography similar to a stepper ( Semiconductor Technology )
  • Lexical scanner, a computer program for decomposition of an input into logical units, see Tokenizer
  • Gamma camera, now no longer in use device for diagnostic imaging in nuclear medicine

Culture:

  • Metal band scanner (band), German
  • The stage name of British electronic musician Robin Rimbaud

See also:

  • Disambiguation
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