IMAGE SCANNER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does image scanner mean? 

• IMAGE SCANNER (noun)
  The noun IMAGE SCANNER has 1 sense:

1. an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer

  Familiarity information: IMAGE SCANNER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMAGE SCANNER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

digital scanner; image scanner; scanner

Hypernyms ("image scanner" is a kind of...):

data input device; input device (a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device)

electronic device (a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically)