Definition of "scanning" []

• Present participle of scan. (verb)

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• "To analyze that data, officials are doing what one described as scanning the treetops for the most immediate intelligence'' that points to possible imminent threats."
• "With stories almost every week about a new bot network or browser exploit threatening Western civilisation, the need for not just straightforward virus-checking, but regular spyware and malware scanning, is as great as ever."
• "In a recent post I mentioned that the written description of Hamlet as fat was a mistake in scanning and that it should have been hot, as was spoken in the performance that I saw."