noun
magnetic ink character
Technical term in computing and document processing, referring to characters printed with magnetic ink for automated reading, such as on checks.
磁気インク文字認識は銀行の小切手処理に使われる。
Magnetic ink character recognition is used for processing bank checks.
English abbreviation for Magnetic Ink Character Recognition; the Japanese term 磁気インク文字 refers to the characters themselves.
Compound of 磁気 (magnetic), インク (ink), and 文字 (character), directly corresponding to the English term 'magnetic ink character'.