bar code

bar code

n.

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.

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bar code

n

(Business / 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 UPC

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bar code - 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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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 information Universal Product Code code - a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy

Translations

bar code n → codice m a barre