bar code

A form of barcode — Any set of machine-readable parallel bars or concentric circles, varying in width, spacing, or height, encoding information according to a symbology.

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Universal Product Code
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Meanings

nounbar code (plural bar codes)

plural bar codes

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of barcode.
verbbar code (third-person singular simple present bar codes, present participle bar coding, simple past and past participle bar coded)

present singular third person bar codes · participle present bar coding · participle past bar coded · past bar coded

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of barcode.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
Universal Product Code
Broader
code
Also see
universal product code

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

bar code. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bar%20code

MLA

“bar code.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bar%20code. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bar code,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bar%20code.

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