| Subject | English | Norwegian Bokmål |
| comp., MS | bar code scanner | strekkodeleser (An optical device that uses a laser beam to read and interpret bar codes, such as the Universal Product Codes, found on grocery products and other retail items) |
| comp., MS | face scanner | ansiktsskanner (A biometric sensor that analyses data points on your face to recognize or authenticate identity) |
| comp., MS | malware scanner | skanner for skadelig programvare (Software used to scan for and eradicate malicious software) |
| environ. | multispectral scanner A remote sensing term referring to a scanning radiometer that simultaneously acquires images in various wavebands at the same time. A multispectral scanner can be carried aboard an aircraft or satellite. The Landsat multispectral scanner records images in four wavebands of visible and near infrared electromagnetic radiation to enable objects with different reflectance properties to be distinguished | multispektral skanner |
| comp., MS | network scanner | nettverksskanner (A scanner that is not connected directly to a computer, but is instead connected directly to a network through a wired or wireless connection) |
| comp., MS | Proactive Scanner | Proaktiv analyse (An automated proactive scan that triggers when NTFS detects a corruption. The scan is equivalent to the scan phase of chkdsk and finds and logs all corruptions to an internal file. This scan runs during maintenance hours, can be triggered from the Explorer, or manually run from a command line. When this scan is running in the background, some NTFS operations may be blocked) |
| comp., MS | retinal scanner | retinaskanner (A biometric sensor that analyses your eye retina to recognize or authenticate identity) |
| comp., MS | safety scanner | sikkerhetsskanner (The free online on-demand tool that conducts three types of scans: the protection scan checks for and removes things like viruses and malware; the clean-up scan checks the hard disk for unnecessary files and helps users decide which ones they can safely remove, and also clears the computer's registry of orphaned data; the tune-up scan helps improve the computer's performance by defragmenting the hard disk) |
| comp., MS | virus scanner | antivirusprogram (Software used to scan for and eradicate computer viruses, worms, and Trojan horses) |
| comp., MS | Windows Live OneCare safety scanner | Windows Live OneCare Sikkerhetsskanner (The free online on-demand tool that conducts three types of scans: the protection scan checks for and removes things like viruses and malware; the clean-up scan checks the hard disk for unnecessary files and helps users decide which ones they can safely remove, and also clears the computer's registry of orphaned data; the tune-up scan helps improve the computer's performance by defragmenting the hard disk) |