Bar codes provide a simple and inexpensive method of encoding text information that is easily read by inexpensive electronic readers. Bar coding also allows data to be collected rapidly and with extreme accuracy. A bar code consists of a series of parallel, adjacent bars and spaces. Predefined bar and space patterns or “symbologies” are used […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
- A bar code (often seen as a single word, barcode) is the small image of lines (bars) and spaces that is affixed to retail store items, identification cards, and postal mail to identify a particular product number, person, or location. The code uses a sequence of vertical bars and spaces to represent numbers and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Barcode data (sometimes called point-of-sale data) is information from barcodes that is automatically gathered as a consumer’s purchases are put through a check-out. Typically, the information gathered would identify which customer bought what products, at what prices, and when and where the transaction took place. Point-of-sale (POS) terminals collect enormous volumes of such data every […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is some information that will give you a basic introduction to barcodes. How does a barcode work? Each character is represented by a pattern of wide and narrow bars. A barcode reader uses a photosensor to convert the barcode into an electrical signal as it moves across a barcode. The scanner then measures the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Improve Operational Efficiency Since barcodes permit faster and more accurate recording of information, work in process can move quickly and be tracked precisely. Quite a bit of time can be spent tracking down the location or status of projects, folders, instruments, materials, or anything else that moves within an organization. Barcodes can help you keep […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The barcode history start at began of 1948. With Bernard Silver, a graduate student at Drexel Institute of Technology in Philadelphia, the president of a local food chain asking one of the deans to undertake research to develop a system to automatically read product information during checkout. Silver told his friend Norman Joseph Woodland about […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Worried over falling attendance in schools in its tribal areas and to check manipulation of registers by teachers, the Thane Zilla Parishad has turned to biometrics to ensure students mark themselves present with thumb impressions. This is a first in Maharashtra where the tribal areas are more infamous for malnutrition cases. “We wanted to curb […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Collection Management The use of barcodes helps to automate the process of tracking all your books, periodicals, music, movies and other lending materials. Barcodes are associated with item records in your Library Management Software and can hold critical information such as item number, call number, copy and volume numbers as well as associated codes used […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bar codes are like a printed version of the Morse code. Different bar and space patterns are used to represent different characters. Sets of these patterns are grouped together to form a “symbology”. There are many types of bar code symbologies each having their own special characteristics and features. Most symbologies were designed to meet […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
barcode overview There are many different types of barcode, often referred to as barcode symbologies. These have evolved in different places for different uses, but all have the common purpose of encoding a string of characters as a set of bars and spaces. The barcode you need will depend on what it is you need […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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