Scan
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- Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN), a psychiatric diagnostic tool developed by WHO
- Shared Check Authorization NetworkShared Check Authorization NetworkShared Check Authorization Network is a comprehensive database of bad check writers in the United States. The database is used by retailers in order to reduce the number of bad checks received...
(SCAN), a database of bad check writers and collection agency for bad checks - Space Communications and Navigation ProgramSpace Communications and Navigation ProgramThe Space Communications and Navigation program places the three prime NASA space communications networks, Space Network , Near Earth Network , and the Deep Space Network , under one Management and Systems Engineering umbrella. It was established in 2006...
(SCaN) - S.C.A.N, Stop Child Abuse and Neglect, non-for profit organization based in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Businesses:
- Scan FurnitureScan FurnitureScan Furniture was a retailer of modern Scandinavian furniture that operated six stores in the metropolitan Baltimore-Washington, D.C. area.Unusually, it was founded in 1960 in a Greenbelt, Maryland, grocery store , where its success led to it getting its own store...
, a retail chain based in Washington, D.C. specializing in Scandinavian furniture - Scan AB or Scan Foods UK Ltd, the Swedish and UK subsdiaries of the Finnish HKScan OyjHKScanHKScan Oyj is a Finnish manufacturer of meat foods and products, but nowadays its product range also includes ready meals and pet foods. It is based in Turku...
- Seattle Community Access NetworkSeattle Community Access NetworkSeattle Community Access Network is one of the Public, educational, and government access cable tv channels in Seattle, Washington. The station provides camera equipment, TV studios and training that allow residents of King County to create and cablecast their own television shows for a small fee...
(SCAN) is the public access TV channel is Seattle, Washington
Electronics or computer related:
- Counter-scanningCounter-scanningCounter-scanning is a scanning method that allows correcting raster distortions caused by drift of the probe of scanning microscope relative to the measured surface. During counter-scanning two surface scans, viz., direct scan and counter scan are obtained . The counter scan starts in the point...
, in physical micro and nanotopography measuring instruments like scanning probe microscope - Elevator algorithmElevator algorithmThe elevator algorithm is a disk scheduling algorithm to determine the motion of the disk's arm and head in servicing read and write requests....
(also SCAN) disk scheduling algorithm - Image scannerImage scannerIn computing, an image scanner—often abbreviated to just scanner—is a device that optically scans images, printed text, handwriting, or an object, and converts it to a digital image. Common examples found in offices are variations of the desktop scanner where the document is placed on a glass...
- image scanning
- Optical character recognitionOptical character recognitionOptical character recognition, usually abbreviated to OCR, is the mechanical or electronic translation of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into machine-encoded text. It is widely used to convert books and documents into electronic files, to computerize a record-keeping...
, optical recognition of printed text or printed sheet music - Port scannerPort scannerA port scanner is a software application designed to probe a server or host for open ports. This is often used by administrators to verify security policies of their networks and by attackers to identify running services on a host with the view to compromise it.A port scan or portscan is "An attack...
in computer networking - Prefix sumPrefix sumIn computer science, the prefix sum, or scan, of a sequence of numbers is a second sequence of numbers , the sums of prefixes of the input sequence:-Parallel algorithm:A prefix sum can be calculated in parallel by the following steps....
is an operation on lists that is also known as the scan operator - Scan chainScan chainScan chain is a technique used in Design For Test. The objective is to make testing easier by providing a simple way to set and observe every flip-flop in an IC.The basic structure of scan include the following set of signals in order to control and observe the scan mechanism.#Scan_in and scan_out...
, a type of manufacturing test used with integrated circuits
Medical:
- Medical ultrasonographyMedical ultrasonographyDiagnostic sonography is an ultrasound-based diagnostic imaging technique used for visualizing subcutaneous body structures including tendons, muscles, joints, vessels and internal organs for possible pathology or lesions...
, the medical procedure for examining internal structures, especially when applied to developing foetuses in the womb - X-ray computed tomography
- Magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imaging , nuclear magnetic resonance imaging , or magnetic resonance tomography is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to visualize detailed internal structures...
- Switch Access ScanningSwitch access scanningSwitch access scanning is an indirect selection technique , used by an assistive technology user, including those who use augmentative and alternative communication to choose items from the selection set...
, a technique that allows users with motor impairments to use a computer using switch access - Partner assisted scanningPartner assisted scanningPartner assisted scanning or listener assisted scanning is an augmentative and alternative communication technique used to enable a person with severe speech impairments to communicate. The approach is used with individuals who, due to sickness or disability, have severe motor impairments and good...
, a technique that allows a person with severe disabilities to communicate
Other uses:
- Systems of scansionSystems of scansionA system of scansion is a way to mark the metrical patterns of a line of poetry. In classical poetry, these patterns are based on the different lengths of each syllable, and in English poetry, they are based on the different levels of stress placed on each syllable. In both cases, the meter often...
, the analysis of writing and verse regarding rhythmic and especially metrical structure - "Scan" (Prison Break episode), an episode of the television series Prison Break
- Scan (horse) (born 1988), an American thoroughbred racehorse