bar code

noun

code consisting of a series of vertical bars of variable width that are scanned by a laser; printed on consumer product packages to identify the item for a computer that provides the price and registers inventory information

• Syn: ↑Universal Product Code

• Hypernyms: ↑code

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noun

: a code consisting of a group of printed and variously patterned bars and spaces and sometimes numerals that is designed to be scanned and read into computer memory and that contains information (as identification) about the object it labels — see universal product code herein

• bar-coded \\ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ \ adjective

• bar coding noun

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a series of lines of varying width, printed, as on a container or product, that can be read by an optical scanner to determine charges for purchases, destinations for letters, etc. Cf. Universal Product Code.

[1970-75]

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bar code UK US noun [countable] [singular bar code plural bar codes]

a set of printed lines on a product’s label that tells a computer information about it such as its price

Thesaurus: vouchers, coupons, labels and receipts_hyponym

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bar-code «BAHR _KOHD», verb, -cod|ed, -cod|ing.

= bar code (def. 2). (Cf. ↑bar code)

bar code,

1. a code of lines and numbers for identifying a product in a computerized system of checkout and inventory. The Universal Product Code is a bar code.

2. to furnish with such a code: »

The Council of Periodical Distributors Associations has asked mass market publishers to “bar code” their books (Publishers Weekly).

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n. a machine-readable code in the form of numbers and a pattern of parallel lines of varying widths, printed on and identifying a product. Also called Universal Product Code

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noun, pl ⋯ codes [count]

: a group of thick and thin lines that is placed on a product so that a computer can get the price of the product and other information about it