WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
op′tical scan′ning, 
  1. Computingthe process of interpreting data in printed, handwritten, bar-code, or other visual form by a device (op′tical scan′ner or read′er) that scans and identifies the data. Cf. optical character recognition. 
  • 1955–60

'optical scanning' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
nonreadable - readable - scanner

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