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optical character recognition noun
n [U] (abbreviation OCR) specialized Definition
the process by which an electronic device recognizes printed or written letters or numbers
(Definition of optical character recognition noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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