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readerA 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 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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The world is so taken up of late with novels and romances, that it will be hard for a private history to be taken for genuine, where the names and other circumstances of the person are concealed, and on this account we must be content to leave the reader to pass his own opinion upon the ensuing sheet, and take it just as he pleases.
The reader should grasp clearly the date at which this book was written. In very many published narratives no little degree of attention is bestowed upon dates; but as the author lost all knowledge of the days of the week, during the occurrence of the scenes herein related, he hopes that the reader will charitably pass over his shortcomings in this particular. |
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