Scanrelated

Scanrelated is a term used across technology domains to describe anything connected with scanning processes, devices, or data produced by scanning. It is not a formal standard, but a descriptive label that appears in documentation, code, and datasets to group features, components, or workflows involving scanning.

In practice, scanrelated concepts appear in document imaging (scanners and OCR), barcode and QR code scanning, medical imaging contexts when discussing image acquisition, 3D scanning and LiDAR for mapping, and network or security contexts where scanners perform discovery or vulnerability assessments. The term serves as an umbrella for technologies, methods, and data pipelines that involve capturing or interpreting scanned information.

In software projects, scanrelated can designate modules that handle scanner input, process the resulting data, or manage calibration, validation, and quality checks of scans. It can also label workflows that produce calibration scans, test scans, or quality metrics used to validate scanner performance.

Because scanrelated is informal and highly context-dependent, it is common to encounter variations such as scan-related or scanning-related, and the term may be used as a folder name, tag, or feature label in repositories and documentation. Users should consult project-specific glossaries to interpret its meaning accurately.

See also: scanning, image processing, OCR, barcode scanning, LiDAR, 3D scanning, medical imaging, cyber security scanning.