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Record 1 2007-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Computer Hardware
OBS

TWAIN is a standard for acquiring images from the image scanners: an image capture API for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh operating systems. The Word TWAIN is not officially an acronym, however, it is widely known as an backronym for "Technology (or Toolkit or Thing) Without An (or Any) Intelligent (or Important or Interesting) Name". The standard was first released in 1992.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Matériel informatique
OBS

Protocole servant d'interface entre les logiciels graphiques et les périphériques tels que les scanners ou certains appareils photos numériques.

OBS

TWAIN est l'abréviation de «Technology -ou Toolkit Without an Interesting Name.».

Key term(s)
  • Technology -ou Toolkit Without an Interesting Name
  • Toolkit without an Interesting Name

Spanish

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