barcode
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈbɑrˌkoʊd/
:
código de barras
- Before checkout, please scan the barcode on your items to ensure the correct prices are charged.
- DNA barcodes
- barcode readers
- barcode database
You can see that have a particular type of barcode on them like a UPC code.
- You can see that have a particular type of barcode on them like a UPC code.
- By pointing the phone at a barcode, you will hear a description of the product.
- Now this is all done by barcode scanners and credit card machines, often with the customer scanning their own goods.
- But like these books are not, there's no barcode you can take them.
- It's easy like you can scan barcodes and stuff.
- So I'm ordering a barcode scanner, which was Brandon's brilliant idea that he shared with me.
- So we have a much easier way to map out this barcode that the spectrum, you know, pretty much is at the end of the day.
Examples
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I took the barcode number back to my office and thought, "This is not right."
Academic text (2015) -
By pointing the phone at a barcode, you will hear a description of the product.
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The police provided her with a barcode number and wanted me to look up who had checked out the book.
Academic text (2015) -
Take a picture, scan a barcode, and let Google do the rest.
Blog text (17) -
The Postal Service currently uses a number of different barcode formats.
Academic text (2004) -
When I scan the barcode it logs the product and the manufacturer's number.
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Now this is all done by barcode scanners and credit card machines, often with the customer scanning their own goods.
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To redeem the coupons and cards, shoppers let cashiers scan barcodes displayed on phone screens.
Blog text (3) -
Margie seemed perky behind her register, chatting and laughing with the customers as she scanned barcodes over the reader.
Fiction book (1997) -
The store manager trained staff on how to properly read the barcode to manage inventory efficiently.
Synonyms
4
2.5
A pattern of black bars and numbers on products that a scanner reads
A set of black bars and numbers on a product package scanned in stores
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Barcode comes from two simple parts: bar meaning 'line' and code meaning 'a set of signs that give information'. So a barcode is a group of lines that hold information and can be scanned to identify a product.