OCR
American-
optical character reader.
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optical character recognition.
abbreviation
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The exam board Cambridge OCR said earlier on Thursday that "the number of resit entries is still going in the wrong direction".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Also as part of the deal, two of Mistral’s top AI models—Medium 3.5 and OCR 4—will be available in Microsoft’s products, including Microsoft Foundry and Microsoft Copilot Studio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The committee assessed that the current level of the OCR remains accommodative, but added that there is some uncertainty around where to judge the current level of the neutral interest rate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
This is the third 10-day deadline issued by the OCR to SJSU, the first in January and the second having expired last weekend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026
How long this process takes is determined by the decision whether or not to perform OCR.
From Library of Congress Workshop on Etexts by Library of Congress
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