"Technology without an interesting name". Okay I'll buy that,
But in laymans terms, what is the technology that doesnt deserve an interesting name.
2006-08-07 19:05:57 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
The TWAIN initiative was originally launched in 1992 by leading industry vendors who recognized a need for a standard means of communication between image capture devices (i.e scanners, digital cameras,etc.) and the applications (computer programs) used to manipulate and view the captured images. According to the twain.org website it is in fact not an abbreviation at all, but rather taken from a Kipling quote ("never the twain shall meet") and capitalised to make it more distinctive... The word TWAIN is from Kipling's "The Ballad of East and West" - "...and never the twain shall meet...", reflecting the difficulty, at the time, of connecting scanners and personal computers. It was up-cased to TWAIN to make it more distinctive. This led people to believe it was an acronym, and then to a contest to come up with an expansion. None were selected, but the entry "Technology Without An Interesting Name" continues to haunt the standard. "
2006-08-07 20:18:09 · answer #1 · answered by Devil M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
TWAIN is a standard for getting input from image scanners: an image capture API for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh operating systems. The standard was first released in 1992, and is currently ratified at version 1.9 as of January 2000. TWAIN is typically used as an interface between image processing software and a scanner or digital camera.
2006-08-08 02:10:50 · answer #2 · answered by Syed Irfanulla 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basically, it is a series of smaller program groups that convert images from a scanner or any other imaging device and converts the information into a format that can be used by your computer.
2006-08-08 02:14:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
TWAIN’s purpose is to provide and foster a universal public standard which links applications and image acquisition devices (such as scanners)
2006-08-08 02:09:52 · answer #4 · answered by James T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all you never really wanted to know about TWAIN
-essentailly its a developers standard API that allows imaging hardware to easily interface with software.
2006-08-08 02:31:07 · answer #5 · answered by Mark J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its used for imaging software such as scanners
2006-08-08 02:13:38 · answer #6 · answered by JAZ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scanner software/interface
2006-08-08 02:14:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋