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2. Universal Product Code - Wikipedia

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   A UPC barcode. The Universal Product Code (UPC or UPC code) is a barcode symbology that is used worldwide for tracking trade items in stores.. The chosen symbology has bars (or spaces) of exactly 1, 2, 3, or 4 units wide each; each decimal digit to be encoded consists of two bars and two spaces chosen to have a total width of 7 units, in both an "even" and an "odd" parity form, which enables ...

3. Human-readable medium and data - Wikipedia

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   For example, Universal Product Code (UPC) barcodes are very difficult to read for humans, but very effective and reliable with the proper equipment, whereas the strings of numerals that commonly accompany the label are the human-readable form of the barcode information. Since any type of data encoding can be parsed by a suitably programmed ...

4. Barcode - Wikipedia

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   A UPC-A barcode. A barcode or bar code is a method of representing data in a visual, machine-readable form. Initially, barcodes represented data by varying the widths, spacings and sizes of parallel lines. These barcodes, now commonly referred to as linear or one-dimensional (1D), can be scanned by special optical scanners, called barcode ...

5. Four Decades Later, the UPC Barcode Is Still Reshaping Retail

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   The recent death of Alan Haberman, who chaired the industry committee that led the charge to standardize the universal product code, or UPC, symbol in 1973, shines a spotlight on just how much the ...

6. EAN-8 - Wikipedia

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   EAN-8. An EAN-8 is an EAN/UPC symbology barcode and is derived from the longer International Article Number (EAN-13) code. [1] It was introduced for use on small packages where an EAN-13 barcode would be too large; for example on cigarettes, pencils, and chewing gum packets. It is encoded identically to the 12 digits of the UPC-A barcode ...

7. Template:UPC - Wikipedia

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   This template generates one or more links for finding data about a publication or other item via its Universal Product Code (UPC). Up to nine codes are supported. Do not use spaces, dashes or other punctuation, just the numerals in the code. It may be used to implement other templates or directly; in both cases, please be sure that the context ...