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digital scanner
1. An electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer.
2. An optical device that reads a printed page or transparency and converts it into a graphics image for a computer.
2. An optical device that reads a printed page or transparency and converts it into a graphics image for a computer.
The scanner does not recognize, nor differentiate, in any manner the content of the material it is scanning. Everything is converted into a bitmapped image, which is a pattern of dots.
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