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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 58. Chapters: Barcode, Universal Product Code, Two-out-of-five code, Traceability, Global Electronic Party Information Register, CPC Binary Barcode, GS1-128, Plessey, QR code, EZcode, Code 39, Barcode reader, Code 93, Data matrix, International Article Number, Code 128, Intelligent Mail barcode, PostBar, Barcode Battler, Barcode system, Mobile tagging, Health Industry Business Communications Council, High Capacity Color Barcode, POSTNET, Aztec Code, Codabar, MSI Barcode, Plessey Code, MaxiCode, SPARQCode, PDF417, RM4SCC, George J. Laurer, CyberCode, EAN 5, Interleaved 2 of 5, GS1 DataBar, ShotCode, Semacode, EAN 2, Cauzin Softstrip, Postal Alpha Numeric Encoding Technique, Optical RFID, SQR codes, Facing Identification Mark, PIATS, GS1 Sweden, Bar Code Medication Administration, Global Location Number, Latent image barcode, Mobile Multi-Coloured Composite, Pharmacode, Telepen, BCODE, ITF-14, EAN-8, Sms barcode, Asset tracking, Global Product Classification, Global standards management process, Code 11, Japanese Article Number. Excerpt: A barcode is an optical machine-readable representation of data, which shows data about the object to which it attaches. Originally, barcodes represented data by varying the widths and spacings of parallel lines, and may be referred to as linear or 1 dimensional (1D). Later they evolved into rectangles, dots, hexagons and other geometric patterns in 2 dimensions (2D). Although 2D systems use a variety of symbols, they are generally referred to as barcodes as well. Barcodes originally were scanned by special optical scanners called barcode readers, scanners and interpretive software are available on devices including desktop printers and smartphones. The first use of barcodes was to label railroad cars, but they were not commercially successful until they were used to automate supermarket checkout s...
