optical character recognition

op·ti·cal char·ac·ter rec·og·ni·tion

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [op-ti-kuh l kar-ik-ter rek-uh g-nish-uh n]
- /ˈɒp tɪ kəl ˈkær ɪk tər ˌrɛk əgˈnɪʃ ən/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [op-ti-kuh l kar-ik-ter rek-uh g-nish-uh n]
- /ˈɒp tɪ kəl ˈkær ɪk tər ˌrɛk əgˈnɪʃ ən/

Definitions of optical character recognition words

noun optical character recognition the process or technology of reading data in printed form by a device (optical character reader) that scans and identifies characters. Abbreviation: OCR. 1
noun Definition of optical character recognition in Technology (text) (OCR, sometimes /oh'k*/) Recognition of printed or written characters by computer. Each page of text is converted to a digital using a scanner and OCR is then applied to this image to produce a text file. This involves complex image processing algorithms and rarely achieves 100% accuracy so manual proof reading is recommended. 1
noun optical character recognition the electronic scanning and identification of handwritten or printed text, and its subsequent conversion into text that can be edited by a computer 0
noun optical character recognition electronic identification of alphanumeric characters, esp. those typewritten or printed on paper, for computer processing or storage 0

before 1960

One of the 3% newest English words

First recorded in 1960-65

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