EXHIBIT 23

            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm



The Board of Directors
PAR Technology Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No.
333-119828,  33-04968,  33-39784, 33-58110, 33-63095 and 333-137647) on Form S-8
and the  registration  statement (No.  333-102197) on Form S-3 of PAR Technology
Corporation of our report dated March 16, 2009, with respect to the consolidated
balance sheets of PAR Technology Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31,
2008  and  2007,  and  the  related   consolidated   statements  of  operations,
comprehensive income (loss), changes in shareholders' equity, and cash flows for
each of the years in the  three-year  period ended  December  31, 2008,  and the
effectiveness  of internal  control over financial  reporting as of December 31,
2008,  which report  appears in the December 31, 2008 annual report on Form 10-K
of PAR Technology Corporation.


KPMG LLP

Syracuse, New York
March 16, 2009