IRS issues ITINs to individuals who are required to have a U.S. taxpayer identification number but who do not have, and are not eligible to obtain a Social Security Number (SSN) from the Social Security Administration (SSA).
shorthand in which alphabetic letters or types are used to produce shortened forms of words or groups of words. Origin of stenotypy. 1890-1895.
(O ptical C haracter R ecognition) The machine recognition of printed characters. OCR systems can recognize many different OCR fonts, as well as typewriter and computer-printed characters. Advanced OCR systems can recognize hand printing.