Scanner

Scanner may refer to:

Technology

• Scanner (radio), for searching for and receiving radio broadcasts
• Image scanner, which digitizes a two-dimensional image
• 3D scanner, which digitizes the three-dimensional shape of a real object
• Neutron scanner, a scanner which utilizes neutrons to penetrate objects for analysis
• Port scanner, in computer networking
• Virus scanner (Antivirus)
• Vulnerability scanner, a computer program that probes for weaknesses
• Barcode reader, which reads the data encoded in a barcode
• Lexical analyzer, a computer program
• Stepper, a part of the photolithography process
• A rotating radar antenna
• An outside broadcasting control vehicle
• An automotive electronic control unit diagnostic tool
• An automated spotlight
• 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
• WikiScanner, a tool that provides a searchable database of anonymous Wikipedia edits

Popular culture

• Scanner (comics), a mutant appearing primarily in X-Men comics.
• 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
• In much science fiction, especially older science fiction, the term scanner is used to refer to what is usually now termed a computer monitor.

Other

• A personality type described by self-help author Barbara Sher