Scanner

Scanner




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Scanner may refer to a number of technological devices:

* Scanner (radio), for searching for and receiving radio broadcasts
* A rotating radar antenna
* Image scanner, which digitizes a two-dimensional image
* 3D scanner, which digitizes the three-dimensional shape of a real object
* Barcode reader, which reads the data encoded in a barcode
* Vulnerability scanner, a computer program that probes for weaknesses
* Lexical analysis, a computer program
* Stepper, a part of the photolithography process
* An outside broadcasting control vehicle
* An automotive electronic control unit diagnostic tool
* An automated spotlight
* Port scanner, in computer networking
* A biometric scanner, an electronic device with a sensor to read patterns or images from faces, irises and finger pads to create a biological template or profile

In popular culture, scanner may refer to:

* Scanner (Band), a German speed metal band
* Scanners (band), an alternative band from London
* Scanner (Code Lyoko), a fictional teleportation device
* The stage name of British electronic musician Robin Rimbaud
* Scanner (Half-Life), a floating enemy in the Half-Life video game series
* Scanners Live in Vain, a science fiction short story by Cordwainer Smith
* A Scanner Darkly, a science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick
* Scanners, a 1981 science fiction horror film
* In much science fiction, especially older science fiction, the term scanner is used to refer to what is usually now termed a monitor.

[edit] Other

* WikiScanner, a tool that provides a searchable database of anonymous Wikipedia edits
* A personality type described by self-help author Barbara Sher

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