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Bar Code

Idealogic’s Glossary

Bar code — a kind of digital data in the form of a strip consisting of a series of parallel lines with different widths, lengths, and sizes, produced only for further usage by optical scanners. These codes include detailed information about a product such as inventory numbers of the product type and price level.

Indeed, several food bar codes are uniquely coded to make a difference, so scanners can effectively locate information concerning specific items. Bar codes are familiar in most retail stores, and are found on virtually all consumer products in order to create a virtually flawless method for tracking stored goods, as well as recording the particulars of purchases made.