OCR(OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION)

OCR is a technology that recognizes text within a digital image.

It is commonly used to recognize text in scanned documents, but
it serves many other purposes as well . software OCR processes a
digital image by locating and recognizing characters, such as
letters, numbers, and symbols. Some OCR software will simply
export the text, while other programs can convert the characters
to editable text directly in the image. Advanced OCR software
can export the size and formatting of the text as well as the
layout of the text found on a page . OCR technology can be used
to convert a hard copy of a document into an electronic version.
For example, if you scan a multipage document into a digital
image, such as a TIFF file, you can load the document into an
OCR program, which will recognize the text and convert the
document to an editable text file. Some OCR programs allow
you to scan a document and convert it to a word processing
document in a single step.
While OCR technology was originally designed to recognize
printed text, it can be used to recognize and verify handwritten
text as well. For example, postal services such as USPS use
OCR software to automatically process letters and packages
based on the address. The algorithm checks the scanned
information against database of existing addresses to confirm the
mailing address. The Google Translate app includes OCR
technology that works with your device's camera. It allows you
to capture the text from documents, magazines, signs, and other
objects and translate it to another language in real time.

MICR=

MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) is a technology used

to verify the legitimacy or originality of paper documents,
especially checks. Special ink, which is sensitive to magnetic
fields, is used in the printing of certain characters on the original
documents. Information can be encoded in the magnetic
characters.

The use of MICR can enhance security and minimize the losses
caused by some types of crime. If a document has been forged -
for example, a counterfeit check produced using a color
photocopying machine, the magnetic-ink line will either not
respond to magnetic fields, or will produce an incorrect code
when scanned using a device designed to recover the
information in the magnetic characters. Even a legitimate check
can be rejected if the MICR reader indicates that the owner of
the account has a history of writing bad checks.

Retailers commonly use MICR readers to minimize their

exposure to check fraud. Corporations and government agencies
also use the technology to speed up the sorting of documents.It
is an input device often used in banks.

Plotters=

A plotter is an output device which is a printer designed for

printing vector graphics. Instead of printing individual dots on
the paper, plotters draw continuous lines. This makes plotters
ideal for printing architectural blueprints, engineering designs,
and other CAD drawings.
There are two main types of plotters – drum and flatbed plotters.
Drum plotters (also called roller plotters) spin the paper back
and forth on a cylindrical drum while the ink pens move left and
right. By combining these two directions, lines can be drawn in
any direction. Flatbed plotters have a large horizontal surface on
which the paper is placed. A traveling bar draws lines on the
paper as it moves across the surface.
Most drum and flatbed plotters provide output sizes that are
much larger than standard inkjet and laser printers. For example,
a typical inkjet printer creates documents that are 8.5 inches
wide. A drum plotter may produce documents that are 44 inches
wide. The length of a document printed by a drum plotter is only
limited by the size of the paper. Documents printed by flatbed
plotters are constrained to the length and width of the printing
surface.

Blue ray=

Blu-ray is an optical disc format such as CD and DVD. It was

developed for recording and playing back high-definition (HD)
video and for storing large amounts of data. While a CD can
hold 700 MB of data and a basic DVD can hold 4.7 GB of data,
a single Blu-ray disc can hold up to 25 GB of data. Even a
double sided, dual layer DVD (which are not common) can only
hold 17 GB of data. Dual-layer Blu-ray discs will be able to
store 50 GB of data. That is equivalent to 4 hours of HDTV.
Blu-ray discs can hold more information than other optical
media because of the blue lasers the drives use. The laser is
actually blue-violet, but "Blu-ray" rolls off the tounge a little
easier than "Blu-violet-ray." The blue-violet laser has a shorter
wavelength than the red lasers used for CDs and DVDs (405nm
compared to 650nm). This allows the laser to focus on a smaller
area, which makes it possible to cram significantly more data on
a disc the same size as a CD or DVD. Proponents of the Blu-ray
format say they expect Blu-ray devices to replace VCRs (thank
goodness) and DVD recorders as more people make the
transition to HDTV.

DVD RAM=

DVD RAM is an input device which stands for "Digital

Versatile Disc Random Access Memory." DVD-RAMs are
writable DVDs that can be erased and rewritten like DVD-
RW and DVD+RW discs. Unlike the other two writable DVD
formats, DVD-RAM discs support advanced error correction
and defect management. While these features slow down the
maximum data transfer rate for DVD-RAM discs, it also makes
the discs more reliable.
Early DVD-RAM discs required an enclosing cartridge, which
meant they would not fit in most DVD players or DVD-ROM
drives. Therefore, you would need a DVD-RAM drive to use
DVD-RAM discs, as well as burn them. Newer DVD-RAM
discs, however, can be used without a cartridge. These discs can
be played in any DVD player that supports the DVD-RAM
format. While the first DVD-RAM media could only hold
2.6GB on a single-sided disc, newer double-sided discs can store
up to 9.4GB.