to barcode
- verb
- /ˈbɑːrˌkoʊd/
- Purdue staff could then barcode their own corresponding volumes while matching them to the partner's records.
- samples barcoded
Examples
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Wide Field of View cameras boost the productivity of letter-sorting machines by reading a higher percentage of barcoded mail (top).
Academic text (2004) -
We form the box from flat stock, scan and package the individual items, close, tape, and barcode the box before placing it on another conveyor to be addressed and shipped.
Blog text (23) -
Pioneer also provides software to create barcoded lists of excerpts.
Academic text (1992) -
Before data entry began, each document was barcoded and its first page marked with a small sticky note so that it could be quickly located within the volume.
Academic text (2015) -
Purdue staff used those records to barcode their own corresponding CSS documents before sending those volumes to Google for scanning.
Academic text (2015) -
These filter bundles, each representing one air sample, are barcoded and passed to RASA's radiation detection system.
Academic text (2000) -
Purdue staff pulled their corresponding CSS volumes from storage, barcoded each document, and imported the Iowa-created OCLC records.
Academic text (2015) -
We prepared barcoded sequencing libraries for each sample using a protocol described by Meyer and Kircher, with modifications described by Bi et al.
Academic text (2018) -
For data sets with multiple samples (e.g., estuary, coastal ocean, river sediment), samples were individually barcoded and sequenced in parallel.
Academic text (2014) -
The technician will barcode the new products before they are shipped to the store.
Synonyms
To attach a tag to something to show what it is
To mark something with numbers or signs to identify it
To put a small sticky picture or label on something
To attach a small tag to an animal's ear to identify and track it
Surface Forms
Etymology
Barcode as a verb comes from the noun barcode, made of bar 'line' and code 'a set of signs'. To barcode something is simply to put those lines on an item so it can be scanned and identified.