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reader

A machine that captures data for the computer, such as an optical character reader, magnetic card reader and punch card reader. A microfiche or microfilm reader is a self-contained machine that reads film and displays its contents.

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reader

1. 

a. Chiefly Brit at a university, a member of staff having a position between that of a senior lecturer and a professor

b. US a teaching assistant in a faculty who grades papers, examinations, etc., on behalf of a professor

2. 

a. a book that is part of a planned series for those learning to read

b. a standard textbook, esp for foreign-language learning

3. short for lay reader

4. Judaism chiefly Brit another word for cantor

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reader [′rēd·ər]

(computer science)

A device that converts information from one form to another, as from punched paper tape to magnetic tape.

(graphic arts)

A projection device for viewing an enlarged microimage with the unaided eye.