title: OCR
text: # OCR
  
  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
  * Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations, an exam board in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
  * Obstacle course racing
  