A bar code is an arrangement of numbers and parallel lines that is printed on products to be sold in shops. The bar code can be read by computers.
bar code in American English
any of the patterned sets of vertical bars of varying widths imprinted on consumer products, mail, etc. and containing coded information that can be read by a computerized scanner
see also Universal Product Code
Examples of 'bar code' in a sentence
bar code
I reached into the trunk, brought them out, and checked the price tag for place of purchase, but there was only the bar code.
Parker, T. Jefferson SUMMER OF FEAR (1993)
In other languages
bar code
British English: bar code NOUN
A bar code is an arrangement of numbers and parallel lines that is printed on products to be sold in shops.
These stripes form a code that can be read by a bar code reader.