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optical character recognition

American  

noun

Computers.

  1. the process or technology of reading data in printed form by a device optical character reader that scans and identifies characters. OCR

optical character recognition Scientific  

  1. The electronic identification and digital encoding of printed or handwritten characters by means of an optical scanner and specialized software.

Etymology

Origin of optical character recognition

First recorded in 1960–65

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