a printed series of parallel bars or lines of varying width that is used for entering data into a computer system. The bars are typically black on a ... [2 related articles]
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A unique identification code on products, pallets and coupons. The code is read by an electronic scanner for receiving, ordering and inventory control purposes. See UCC/EAN-128.
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A bar code is a piece of Automatic Identification Technology (Auto ID) that stores real time data. It is a series of vertical bars or a graphical bar pattern which can, (depending on the width and pattern) encode numbers and letters in a format which can easily be retrieved and interpreted by a bar code reader
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An array of rectangular bars and spaces which are arranged in a predetermined pattern following unambiguous rules in a specific way to represent elements of data which are referred to as characters.
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A coding structure printed/lasered on a mailing piece which is used for sortation by CPC or used for internal tracking.
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A printed code consisting of a series of vertical bars that vary in width. Bar codes are capable of being 'read' and decoded by bar code scanners. Bar codes are used to identify retail sales items, identification cards, library books and other products. They are also utilized to manage work in progress, to track documents and for many other automat...
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A set of parallel printed lines of differing thickness, usually alternately black and white, which represent a number.
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Utilizes a system of printed bars that are able to be scanned and enables the user to identify a part or parcel. Used in conjunction with a laser scanner and serves to increase accuracy and speed of product identification.
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A coding structure printed on a mailing piece which is used for sortation by the USPS.
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an array of parallel rectangular bars, arranged according to specific rules, to represent data in machine-readable form.
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The common term for Universal Product Code.
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[
n] - code consisting of a series of vertical bars of variable width that are scanned by a laser
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Bar Code A standard method of identifying the manufacturer and product category of a particular item. The barcode was adopted in the 1970s because the bars were easier for machines to read than optical characters. Barcodes' main drawbacks are that they don't identify unique items and so scanners have to have 'line of sight' to read them.
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A symbol consisting of a series of printed bars representing values. A system of optical character reading, scanning, tracking of units by reading a series of printed bars for translation into a numeric or alphanumeric identification code. A popular example is the UPC code used on retail packaging.
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Coded labels that contain information about the item they are attached to, the information is contained in a numerical code, usually containing 12 digits.
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Product code - The code, represented by numbers and bars, used on packaging to enable a product, or outer case, to be ‘scanned`. Bar codes operate to internationally agreed standards. Further information available from GS1: www.gs1uk.biz
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Universal Product Code noun code consisting of a series of vertical bars of variable width that are scanned by a laser; printed on consumer product packages to identify the item for a computer that provides the price and registers inventor...
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Pattern of bars and spaces that can be read by a computer. Bar codes are widely used in retailing, industrial distribution, and libraries. The code is read by a scanning device; the computer determines the code from the widths of the bars and spaces. The technique was patented in 1949 but became ...
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