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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The electronic identification and digital encoding of printed or handwritten characters by means of an optical scanner and specialized software.
- noun The technology involved in this process.
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- noun computing The
electronic identification anddigital encoding ofprinted orhandwritten characters by means of an opticalscanner and specializedsoftware .
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