scan
     n 1: the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed
          region; "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his
          binoculars"
     2: an image produced by scanning; "he analyzed the brain scan";
        "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan" [syn: {CAT scan}]
     v 1: examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the
          X-ray"
     2: examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while
        waiting for the taxi" [syn: {skim}, {rake}, {glance over},
         {run down}]
     3: make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the
        night sky"
     4: conform to a metrical pattern
     5: move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an
        image
     6: read metrically; "scan verses"
     7: obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be
        read by the computer" [syn: {read}]
     [also: {scanning}, {scanned}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0

SCAN
     Switched-Circuit Automatic Network
     
     
Source: Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms