Scanner
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Technology
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For invisible radiation
- Scanner (radio), for searching for and receiving radio broadcasts
- An outside broadcasting control vehicle
- A rotating radar antenna
- Neutron scanner, a scanner which utilizes neutrons to penetrate objects for analysis
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For (near) light
- Image scanner, which digitizes a two-dimensional image
- 3D scanner, which digitizes the three-dimensional shape of a real object
- Motion picture film scanner, which scans original film for storage as a digital file
- Barcode reader, which reads the data encoded in a barcode
- Laser scanner, which guides a laser beam along a path, sometimes combined with a measurement
- Stepper, a part of the photolithography process
- A biometric scanner, an electronic device with a sensor to read patterns or images from faces, irises, and finger pads to create a biological template or profile
- An automated spotlight
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Computer software
- Port scanner, in computer networking
- Virus scanner
- Vulnerability scanner, a computer program that probes for weaknesses
- Lexical analyzer, a computer program
- WikiScanner, a tool that provided a searchable database of anonymous Wikipedia edits
- Scanner, a disk space analyzing and management tool for Microsoft Windows
- Image scanner, a device to digitize paper documents
- Image scanner for sending a copy of an existing photograph
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Medical
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Other
- An automotive electronic control unit diagnostic tool
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Popular culture
- Scanner (band), a German speed metal band
- Scanners (band), an alternative band from London
- Scanner, the stage name of British electronic musician Robin Rimbaud
- Scanner (Code Lyoko), a fictional teleportation device
- Scanner (Half-Life), a floating enemy in the Half-Life video game series
- Scanners Live in Vain, a science fiction short story by Cordwainer Smith
- A Scanner Darkly, a science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick
- Scanners, a 1981 science fiction horror film
- "Scanners" (Superstore), an episode of the television series Superstore
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See also
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