QR code

Digital pixel checkerboard

A QR code is a square barcode pattern that stores information readable by smartphone cameras and scanners.

The black-and-white grid can encode website URLs, contact information, or other data.

Scan the QR code to see the menu.

QR stands for "quick response."

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visual encoding format

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Encoded product stripes

UPC code

information access method

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Unencoded readable characters

handwritten note · verbal instruction

technological era

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Displayed cost marker

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G