What Does OCR Stand For?

OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a technology that enables the conversion of different types of documents, such as scanned paper documents, PDFs, or images captured by a digital camera, into editable and searchable data. OCR utilizes algorithms to recognize and extract text from images, facilitating the digitization of printed materials and enhancing data accessibility and processing efficiency across various applications.

Added on 14th April 2008 | Last edited on 16th June 2025 | Edit Acronym

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