Usually means: Optical character recognition for digital text.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word OCR:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. ocr: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. OCR, OCR: Merriam-Webster
  3. OCR: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. OCR: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. OCR: Collins English Dictionary
  6. ocr: Wordnik
  7. OCR, ocr: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. OCR: Wiktionary
  9. OCR: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. OCR: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. OCR: Dictionary.com
  12. OCR (examination board), OCR, Ocr: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. OCR: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  14. OCR: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)
  3. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Computing (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. OCR: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. OCR: Netlingo
  3. OCR: CCI Computer
  4. Technology Terms and Acronyms (No longer online)
  5. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  6. CNET Internet Glossary (No longer online)
  7. OCR: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary
  8. OCR: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
  9. Data Formats and Their Sugggested File Extensions (No longer online)
  10. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  11. OCR: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. OCR: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. OCR: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. OCR: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. OCR: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. OCR: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  3. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To perform optical character recognition upon.
noun:  (education, UK) Initialism of Oxford, Cambridge & RSA (examination board) [A city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, famous for its university.]
noun:  (politics, US) Initialism of Office for Civil Rights.
noun:  (religion) Initialism of Office of the Chief Rabbi.
noun:  (computing, uncountable) Initialism of optical character recognition (the technology or principle). [(computing) The electronic identification and digital encoding of printed or handwritten characters by means of an optical scanner and specialized software.]
noun:  (computing, countable) Initialism of optical character reader (the scanning device).
noun:  (sports, uncountable) Abbreviation of obstacle course racing.
noun:  (sports, countable) Abbreviation of obstacle course race.
noun:  (construction, uncountable) Initialism of one coat render.

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