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mark sensing
[′märk ‚sens·iŋ] (computer science)
In character recognition, that form of mark detection which depends on the conductivity of graphite pencil marks to locate and convey intended information; the information appears as special marks on sites (windows) within the document coding area.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
mark sensing
Detecting pencil lines in predefined boxes on paper forms. The form is designed with boundaries for each pencil stroke that represents a yes, no, single digit or letter, providing all possible answers to each question. A mark sense reader detects the marks and converts them into digital code.Copyright © 1981-2025 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.
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DON'T throw away your old mobile phones, instead donate them to the National deaf/blind charity Sense' Send to the Recycling Centre, Freepost, NAT 5224, Peterborough, PE2 6BR and
mark SENSE.
These
mark sense scanner systems are used in situations where the respondent must fill in bubbles or checkboxes on a form printed with special ink and marks.
The procedure sheet used by Kaiser Permanente of Ohio is an optical
mark sense form.
Other programs read "
mark sense" or OMR (optical mark recognition).
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