bar code

Examples

• All

• Each item on the shelf has a bar code that helps the store track inventory.

• So this is how a bar code scanner works.

• Products with bar codes that start with 48 are made in the Philippines.

  Blog text (14)

• This is basically a device that you can use to scan UPC codes, bar codes around your kitchen.

• Wal-Mart obtains sales information at the cash register using a bar code scanner.

  Academic text (2004)

• "The app, available for both iPhones and Androids, allows users to scan a product's bar code, immediately see nutrition information, and get suggestions for a healthier alternative.

  Blog text (32)

• She must have made the teenage cashier nervous; he ran the merchandise past the bar-code scanners as fast as humanly possible.

  Fiction book (2002)

• A female loader slaps a large bar code label on the container, scans it, then pulls the container across a belt of rollers onto a larger truck.

  Fiction book (2000)

• You can use your phone app to scan the bar code for more information about the product.

Synonyms

C

code

vsbar code

499 4.3

A way of using signs, letters, or numbers to hide a message

is a specific printed machine pattern rather than an abstract symbol system

B

barcode

vsbar code

14 2.7

A pattern of lines printed on products that a scanner reads to identify them

has identical meaning but written as two words

U

Universal Product Code

vsbar code

• Specialized

3.4

A set of black bars and numbers on a product package scanned in stores

is the broader machine readable product label used beyond retail

How Informative

bar code

• Specialized

4 2.5

Morse code

• Specialized

15 4.1

tag

180 1.0

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