Scanner may refer to:
Technology
For invisible radiation
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Scanner (radio)
A radio scanner or simply scanner is a receiver (radio), radio receiver that can automatically Radio tuning, tune discrete frequency, frequencies, scanning over a frequency band to find a signal until the initial transmission ceases.
The term ...
, for searching for and receiving radio broadcasts
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radar
Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance ('' ranging''), direction ( azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site. It is a radiodetermination method used to detect and track ...
antenna
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Neutron scanner, a scanner which utilizes neutrons to analyze objects
For (near) light
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Image scanner
An image scanner (often abbreviated to just scanner) is a device that optically scans images, printed text, handwriting, or an object and converts it to a digital image. The most common type of scanner used in the home and the office is the flatbe ...
, which digitizes a two-dimensional image
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3D scanner
3D scanning is the process of analyzing a real-world object or environment to collect three dimensional data of its shape and possibly its appearance (e.g. color). The collected data can then be used to construct digital 3D models.
A 3D scanner ...
, which digitizes the three-dimensional shape of a real object
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Motion picture film scanner
A motion picture film scanner is a device used in digital filmmaking to scan original film for storage as high-resolution digital intermediate files.
A film scanner scans original film stock: negative or positive print or reversal/IP. Units may ...
, which scans original film for storage as a digital file
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Barcode reader
A barcode reader or barcode scanner is an optical scanner that can read printed barcodes and send the data they contain to computer. Like a flatbed scanner, it consists of a light source, a lens, and a light sensor for translating optical impul ...
, which reads the data encoded in a barcode
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Laser scanner
Laser scanning is the controlled deflection of laser beams, visible or invisible.
Scanned laser beams are used in some 3-D printers, in rapid prototyping, in machines for material processing, in laser engraving machines, in ophthalmological ...
, which guides a laser beam along a path, sometimes combined with a measurement
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Stepper
A stepper or wafer stepper is a device used in the manufacture of integrated circuits (ICs). It is an essential part of the process of photolithography, which creates millions of microscopic circuit elements on the surface of silicon wafers o ...
, a part of the photolithography process
* Scanner, an automated
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Security
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Biometric device
A biometric device is a security identification and authentication device. Such devices use automated methods of verifying or recognising the identity of a living person based on a physiological or behavioral characteristic. These characteristic ...
, a security identification and authentication device
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Face scanner
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Iris scanner
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Retinal scanner
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Fingerprint scanner
Fingerprint scanners are a type of biometric security device that identify an individual by identifying the structure of their fingerprints. They are used in police stations, security industries, smartphones, and other mobile devices.
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Full body scanner
A full-body scanner is a device that detects objects on or inside a person's body for security screening purposes, without physically removing clothes or making physical contact. Unlike metal detectors, full-body scanners can detect non-metal ...
Computing
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Port scanner
A port scanner is an application designed to probe a server or host for open ports. Such an application may be used by administrators to verify security policies of their networks and by attackers to identify network services running on a host and ...
, in computer networking
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Virus scanner
Antivirus software (abbreviated to AV software), also known as anti-malware, is a computer program used to prevent, detect, and remove malware.
Antivirus software was originally developed to detect and remove computer viruses, hence the name ...
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Vulnerability scanner
A vulnerability scanner is a computer program designed to assess computers, networks or applications for known weaknesses. These scanners are used to discover the weaknesses of a given system. They are used in the identification and detection ...
, a computer program that probes for weaknesses
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Lexical analyzer
Lexical tokenization is conversion of a text into (semantically or syntactically) meaningful ''lexical tokens'' belonging to categories defined by a "lexer" program. In case of a natural language, those categories include nouns, verbs, adjectives ...
, a computer program
Medical
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CT scanner
A computed tomography scan (CT scan), formerly called computed axial tomography scan (CAT scan), is a medical imaging technique used to obtain detailed internal images of the body. The personnel that perform CT scans are called radiographers or ...
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MRI scanner
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique mostly used in radiology and nuclear medicine in order to investigate the anatomy and physiology of the body, and to detect pathologies including tumors, inflammation, neurological ...
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PET scanner
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X-ray scanner
An X-ray (also known in many languages as Röntgen radiation) is a form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength shorter than those of ultraviolet rays and longer than those of gamma rays. Roughly, X-rays have a wavelength ran ...
Other
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Scan tool
An automotive scan tool (scanner) is an electronic tool used to interface with, diagnose and, sometimes, reprogram vehicle control modules.
There are many types from just as many manufacturers, one of the most familiar being the Snap-On Inc. "b ...
, an automotive electronic control unit diagnostic tool
Arts and entertainment
Film and television
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Scanner (Code Lyoko)
''Code Lyoko'' (; stylized as ''CODE: LYOKO'' in season 1 and in all caps in seasons 2–4) is a French anime-influenced animated series created by Thomas Romain and Tania Palumbo and produced by Antefilms Production (season 1) and MoonScoop ...
, a fictional teleportation device in the animated series ''Code Lyoko''
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Scanners
''Scanners'' is a 1981 Canadian science fiction horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Ironside, and Patrick McGoohan. In the film, "scanners" are psychics with unusual telep ...
'', a 1981 science fiction horror film
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"Scanners" (''Superstore''), an episode of the television series ''Superstore''
Music
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Scanner (band), a German speed metal band
* Scanner, the stage name of British electronic musician
Robin Rimbaud
Robin Rimbaud (born 6 May 1964) is a British electronic musician who works under the name Scanner due to his use of cell phone and police scanners in live performance. He is also a member of the band Githead with Wire's Colin Newman and Malka ...
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Scanners (band)
Scanners are an alternative rock band from London, England formed around 2004.
History
The band was initially formed by Matthew Mole (vocals, guitar, synthesizer) and Sarah Daly (vocals, bass guitar, violin) around 2004, who after writing songs ...
, an alternative band from London
Other
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Scanner (''Half-Life''), a floating enemy in the ''Half-Life'' video game series
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''Scanners'' (Alexander McQueen collection), a 2003 fashion collection
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Scanners Live in Vain
"Scanners Live in Vain" is a science fiction short story by American writer Cordwainer Smith (pen name of American writer Paul Linebarger 913–1966. It was the first story in Smith's Instrumentality of Mankind future history to be published a ...
", science fiction story written in 1945 by Cordwainer Smith
See also
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WikiScanner, a tool that provided a searchable database of anonymous Wikipedia edits
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Scan (disambiguation)
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