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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.


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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