universal product code

noun

A barcode symbology used on retail products, encoding 12 digits using seven bits for each in its main variant, UPC-A, and differing slightly from EAN.

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UPCUPC codebar code
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Meanings

noununiversal product code (plural universal product codes)

plural universal product codes

  1. A barcode symbology used on retail products, encoding 12 digits using seven bits for each in its main variant, UPC-A, and differing slightly from EAN.

    Synonyms: UPC, UPC code

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA barcode symbology used on retail products, encoding 12 digits using seven bits for each in its main variant, UPC-A, and differing slightly from EAN.

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UPCUPC code

More synonyms by meaning

nouncode 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

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bar code
Broader
code

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Hungarian egységes termékkód
  • egységes termékkódbarcode symbology used on retail products
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