bar coding

Product stripe system

Bar coding is the process of labeling items with barcodes—those patterns of parallel lines or squares that encode product information.

Retailers use bar coding for inventory tracking and checkout scanning.

The term covers both applying physical labels and the broader system of organizing products by scannable codes: We need to finish bar coding the new shipment before opening.

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shipping label · checkout · beep · stripes · tracking · retail · warehouse · SKU · laser · product · package · QR · reader · black · white · black and white · lines · scan

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identification technology

bar codingbiometric identification

Authentication through bodily characteristics

image recognition · facial recognition · fingerprint scanning · voice recognition · visual inspection

identification method

bar codingvisual inspection

Examination by sight alone

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bar, code, coding, bars, barred, barring, codes, coded, coder

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