scannerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From scan +‎ -er.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈskænɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈskænə/
• 韻: -ænə(ɹ)

名詞

scanner (plural scanners)

1. One who scans. [from 16th c.]
   • 1997, Douglas Robillard, Melville and the Visual Arts: Ionian Form, Venetian Tint, page 17:

     It is, perhaps, too much to assume that an elderly Melville read James, but he was an eager scanner of magazines and did read fiction in his later years.

2. A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium. [from 20th c.]

   He put the picture in the scanner, then e-mailed a copy of it to his family.

3. A device which scans barcodes or QR codes for the purpose of charging a customer, performing a price check or enquiry, printing a price label or sticker, checking an item in or out of the store or warehouse, or finding an item ordered through click and collect and its corresponding location; a pricing gun or HHT.
4. A radio receiver which iterates through a sequence of frequencies to detect signal.
5. A device which uses radiation (ultrasound, X-ray, etc.) to generate images of tissue or surfaces for diagnostic purposes.
   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:

     Chorban: I'm using a small scanner to gather readings on the keepers.
     Chorban: So far, I've had mixed results. I find it difficult to get near the creatures.

6. A device which uses optics to detect printed data (such as a barcode).

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