UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


      Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 6, 2006


                           PAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



           Delaware                       1-09720                 16-1434688
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(State or Other Jurisdiction           (Commission              (IRS Employer
     of Incorporation)                  File Number)         Identification No.)


     PAR Technology Park, 8383 Seneca Turnpike, New Hartford, NY      13413-4991
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         (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                     (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (315) 738-0600
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                                 Not applicable
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

     The name of the  director  chosen to  preside  at the  regularly  scheduled
executive sessions of the non-management directors of PAR Technology Corporation
is Director  Sangwoo Ahn. The Company  will  confirm  this  information  and any
updates   thereto  in  future  proxy   statements  for  the  Annual  Meeting  of
Shareholders.





                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                            PAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION



Date:  February 6, 2006                     By:  /s/ Ronald J. Casciano
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                                                 Ronald J. Casciano
                                                 Vice President, Chief Financial
                                                 Officer and Treasurer