A barcode (also bar code) is a visible, machine-readable interpretation of data depicting the thing that bears the barcode. Traditional barcodes consistently convey meaningful data, by altering the widths of and spacing between, parallel lines. As such it may be referred to as linear or one-dimensional (1D) representation of data. Later, two-dimensional (2D) variants were developed, using rectangles, dots, hexagons and other geometric patterns, called matrix codes or 2D barcodes, although they do not use bars at all. Initially, barcodes were only scanned by special optical scanners called barcode readers. Later application software became available for devices that could read images, such as smartphones with cameras.
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They can also be used to keep track of objects and people; they are used to keep track of rental cars, airline luggage, nuclear waste, registered mail, express mail and parcels. Barcoded tickets allow the holder to enter sports arenas, cinemas, theaters, fairgrounds, and transportation, and are used to record the arrival and departure of vehicles from rental facilities etc. This can allow proprietors to identify duplicate or fraudulent tickets more easily. Barcodes are widely used in shop floor control applications software where employees can scan work orders and track the time spent on a job.
GS1 is a non-profit institution responsible for building and maintenance of global benchmarks for business communication. The GS1 services, standards and solutions are built for designed to improve the capability, security and clarity of logistic connections across real and virtual channels in a large number of sectors. They allow identification, capturing and distributing basic knowledge about items, locations, and more. The most popular standard, amongst the GS1 standards, is the barcode with more that 100 million items displaying GS1 barcodes and scanned billions of times each day.
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