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Definition of optical character recognition noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

optical character recognition

noun

/ˌɒptɪkl ˈkærəktə rekəɡnɪʃn/

/ˌɑːptɪkl ˈkærəktər rekəɡnɪʃn/

[uncountable]

(abbreviation OCR)

(computing)

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the process of reading printed documents by machine so that the information can be processed by a computer or sent over a network

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