Definitions
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- noun computing A standard
software protocol and applications programming interface (API ) thatregulates communication between softwareapplications andimaging devices such asscanners anddigital cameras
Etymologies
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Examples
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In response to "TWAIN": My posting was in reference to the council's refusal to hear public comment ... that includes BOTH pro / con toward ANY subject.
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Kate B and CFM BOOTS and Maybe Shania TWAIN in a leopard skin outfit as well ..
Cheeseburger Gothic » And now, Gentlemen, down to business. 2010
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Update: I was getting a "TWAIN error" and had to update my path manually to fix it.
$60 Scanner: Canon LIDE 25 Jonathan Aquino 2008
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Update: I was getting a "TWAIN error" and had to update my path manually to fix it.
Archive 2008-07-01 Jonathan Aquino 2008
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Those applications typically work through the scanner's TWAIN interface to capture the scan.
Don't Shell Out For Just Any Document Scanner Scott Koegler 2010
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HarperStudio is offering their first book, WHO IS MARK TWAIN?
Blog proliferation... and pirates. Book Nerd 2009
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It occurs to me that if that quote had come from Al Gore or someone like him on the Dem side, the big news story in hot rotation on cable all week would be, “AL GORE PLAGIARIZES MARK TWAIN!”
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The most quoted compliment comes from MARK TWAIN, the famous American author, who wrote in 1897: You gather the idea that Mauritius was made first, and then Heaven, And that Heaven was copied after Mauritius.
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GRATUITOUS MARK TWAIN QUOTE: "The wonderful thing about science is the large return of conjecture on a small investment of fact."
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GRATUITOUS MARK TWAIN QUOTE: "The wonderful thing about science is the large return of conjecture on a small investment of fact."
Archive 2007-10-14 2007
ry commented on the word TWAIN
A software protocol and API for use with image scanning hardware. The term is simply twain styled in caps, but the widely-held backronym is "technology without an interesting name."
January 17, 2013