OCR or ocr may refer to:

Science and technology

  • Optical character recognition, conversion of images of text into characters
  • Organically moderated and cooled reactor, a type of nuclear reactor
  • Oxidizable carbon ratio dating, a method of absolute dating
  • Transvaginal oocyte retrieval, a technique used in vitro fertilization
  • Oil control ring, a piston ring
  • Over consolidation ratio, a consolidation measurement in geotechnical engineering

Offices of civil rights

  • Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education
  • State Office of Civil Rights, United States Department of State
  • GSA Office of Civil Rights, General Services Administration
  • HHS Office for Civil Rights, United States Department of Health and Human Services
  • DOJ Office for Civil Rights, Office of Justice Programs

Economics

  • Official cash rate, the interest rate paid by banks in the overnight money market
  • Optimum currency region, a theoretical optimal area where one currency would make most benefit

Other uses

  • Original cast recording, a recording of a stage musical featuring the show's original cast
  • Otago Central Railway, now a heritage railway in Otago, New Zealand
  • Ottawa Central Railway a Canadian Shortline owned by CN Rail
  • OverClocked ReMix, an organization and website dedicated to preserving and paying tribute to video game music through re-orchestration and reinterpretation
  • Cambridge OCR, an exam board in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
  • Obstacle course racing

See also

  • OCR-A, a font designed to simplify character recognition
  • OCR-B