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B5074900 (bär′kōd′)n. also bar code1. A series of vertical bars of varying widths, in which each of the digits zero through nine are represented by a different pattern of bars that can be read by a laser scanner. The bars are commonly found on consumer products and are used especially for inventory control.2. A DNA barcode.tr.v.1. bar·cod·ed, bar·cod·ing, bar·codes To provide or mark (an item) with a barcode.2. To DNA barcode.

bar code

n1. (Commerce) commerce a machine-readable arrangement of numbers and parallel lines of different widths printed on a package, which can be electronically scanned at a checkout to register the price of the goods and to activate computer stock-checking and reordering. Also called: Universal Product Code or UPC

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n. a series of contiguous lines of like height coded by width and applied to an item for identification by an optical scanner, as for registering the price of a product. [1970–75]

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- Includes code terms for the country of manufacture, the manufacturer, and the type of product—a combination specific enough to ordinarily identify any product.See also related terms for manufacture.

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bar code - 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 inventory informationUniversal Product Codecode - a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy

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bar

(baː) noun1. a rod or oblong piece (especially of a solid substance). a gold bar; a bar of chocolate; iron bars on the windows.条2. a broad line or band. The blue material had bars of red running through it.带3. a bolt. a bar on the door.门闩4. a counter at which or across which articles of a particular kind are sold. a snack bar; Your whisky is on the bar.柜台5. a public house. 小旅馆，酒吧间 6. a measured division in music. Sing the first ten bars.小节线7. something which prevents (something). His carelessness is a bar to his promotion.阻挡8. the rail at which the prisoner stands in court. The prisoner at the bar collapsed when he was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment.被告席 verb – past tense, past participle barred – 1. to fasten with a bar. Bar the door.闩上2. to prevent from entering. He's been barred from the club.拦住3. to prevent (from doing something). My lack of money bars me from going on holiday.妨碍 preposition except. All bar one of the family had measles.除了ˈbarmaid, ˈbarman (-tendə) , (mainly American) ˈbartender noun a person who serves at the bar of a public-house or hotel. 酒吧女招待，酒吧女服务员 ˈbar code noun a code in the form of parallel lines printed on goods from which the computer reads information about their price etc. 条形码

bar code

Commerce a machine-readable arrangement of numbers and parallel lines of different widths printed on a package, which can be electronically scanned at a checkout to register the price of the goods and to activate computer stock-checking and reordering

bar code

[′bär ‚kōd] (computer science) The representation of alphanumeric characters by series of adjacent stripes of various widths, for example, the universal product code.

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(convention)A printed horizontal strip of vertical bars ofvarying widths, groups of which represent decimal digits andare used for identifying commercial products or parts. Barcodes are read by a bar code reader and the code interpretedeither through software or a hardware decoder.

All products sold in open trade are numbered and bar-coded toa worldwide standard, which was introduced in the US in 1973and to the rest of the world in 1977. The Uniform CodeCouncil in the US, along with the international articlenumbering authority, EAN International, allocate blocks ofunique 12 or 13-digit numbers to member companies through anational numbering authority. In Britain this is the ArticleNumber Association. Most companies are allocated 100,000numbers that they can use to identify any of their products,services or locations.

Each code typically contains a leading "quiet" zone, startcharacter, data character, optional check digit, stopcharacter and a trailing quiet zone. The check digit is usedto verify that the number has been scanned correctly. Thequiet zone could be white, red or yellow if viewed by a redscanner. Bar code readers usually use visible red light witha wavelength between 632.8 and 680 nanometres.

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(bahr kōd) A code consisting of a group of printed, variably patterned bars and spaces scanned by lasers into a computer to identify the object it labels.

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A parallel array of alternately spaced black bars and white spaces representing a coded number, numbers, or letters, depending on the format employed. It is used clinically for patient sample identification as well as analyzer and operator ID. See also: code

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Bar Code

A code placed on a product that a machine can read. Groceries and other products commonly have bar codes on them so a machine can display how much they cost. This ensures accurate prices are paid on retail goods. Bar codes were invented by a graduate student in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1948.

bar code

an alpha or alpha-numeric code, converted into a series of lines and spaces which are marked on products. Bar coding and the use of bar code scanners enables a firm to obtain accurate data quickly on its STOCK position to help with planning its reordering of goods; and can be used to adjust the prices of goods more easily than by replacing price tags. See EPOS.

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noun code consisting of a series of vertical bars of variable width that are scanned by a laser

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