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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

hand-held scanner

A scanner is a device that can detect and copy an image, using a beam of light, which then is stored in a computer. With a hand-held scanner, the user has to move the scanner by hand over the document.

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