A magnetic stripe reader, also called a
magstripe reader, is a hardware device
that reads the information encoded in the
magnetic stripe located on the back of a
plastic badge.
Picture of a magnetic stripe reader
Chip and Pin reader
A security method to reduce card fraud. PIN
stands for Personal Identity Number. Credit and
Debit cards now include 'chip and PIN' technology.
This means there is a microchip embedded within
the card that can check if the PIN number you
enter into the card reader is correct.
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Bar code reader
the barcode reader is
commonly seen in the
supermarket when you are
purchasing some food or
something and at the
counter there are there to
scan the barcode
it is use to read the code of the thing
OPTICAL MARK READER
Optical Mark reading (OMR) is a
method of entering data into a
computer system. Optical Mark
Readers reads pencil or pen marks
made in pre-defined positions on
paper forms as responses to
questions or tick list prompts.
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OPTICAL CHARACTER READER
OCR (optical character
recognition) is the recognition
of printed or written text
characters by a computer. This
involves photoscanning of the
text character-by-character,
analysis of the scanned-in
image, and then translation of
the character image into
character codes, such as ASCII,
commonly used in data
processing.
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Optical character recognition
Optical character recognition(optical
character reader) (OCR) is the mechanical
or electronic conversion of images of
typed, handwritten or printed text into
machine-encoded text.