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title: "CLOVA OCR glossary"
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# CLOVA OCR glossary

Available in Classic and VPC

Familiarize yourself with these key terms to get the most out of CLOVA OCR.

### OCR

A NAVER Cloud Platform service that provides optical character recognition (OCR) technology to locate text in images (photos) and automatically recognize the text.

### Domain

The basic unit for CLOVA OCR features. All features, including template creation, channel integration, and analytics, operate and are managed by domain.

### Recognition model

CLOVA OCR recognition models are categorized by the range of recognition features they provide: the basic model provides basic recognition features, while the premium model provides more diverse recognition features, including handwriting recognition.

### Template

A model in Template OCR that allows users to specify areas to recognize in an uploaded sample image and extract results in key-value format.

### Template builder

A web console for creating and testing templates to extract text from images and documents in Template OCR.

### Specialized model

A recognition model in Document OCR configured to extract results in a predefined key-value format. Specialized models are available for business registration certificates, credit cards, receipts, ID cards, and business cards.

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For additional terms, see [Glossary](https://www.ncloud.com/guideCenter/glossary) on the NAVER Cloud Platform portal.