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Czech Republic (barcode inherited from Czechoslovakia) 860 Serbia (barcode inherited from Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro) 865 Mongolia: 867 North Korea: 868–869 Turkey: 870–879 Netherlands: 880–881 South Korea: 883 Myanmar: 884 Cambodia: 885 Thailand: 888 Singapore: 890 India [4] 893 Vietnam: 894
Scanning the receipt's barcode at the cash register links legitimate returns to a database that validates the original purchase. (Despite this, some stores that have had such systems for years still refuse to accept a photocopy of a legitimate receipt where the original may have been misplaced, or obscured due to the store's use of cheap ...
A barcode or bar code is a method of representing data in a visual, machine-readable form. Initially, barcodes represented data by varying the widths, spacings and sizes of parallel lines. Initially, barcodes represented data by varying the widths, spacings and sizes of parallel lines.
The Postal Alpha Numeric Encoding Technique (PLANET) barcode was used by the United States Postal Service to identify and track pieces of mail during delivery – the Post Office's "CONFIRM" services. It was fully superseded by Intelligent Mail Barcode by January 28, 2013.
A UPC barcode. The Universal Product Code (UPC or UPC code) is a barcode symbology that is used worldwide for tracking trade items in stores.. The chosen symbology has bars (or spaces) of exactly 1, 2, 3, or 4 units wide each; each decimal digit to be encoded consists of two bars and two spaces chosen to have a total width of 7 units, in both an "even" and an "odd" parity form, which enables ...
The point of sale (POS) or point of purchase (POP) is the time and place at which a retail transaction is completed.At the point of sale, the merchant calculates the amount owed by the customer, indicates that amount, may prepare an invoice for the customer (which may be a cash register printout), and indicates the options for the customer to make payment.
By utilizing the barcode's center marker, a scanner can decode an International Article Number (EAN) by scanning one half of the barcode at a time through a helical scan at a 45-degree angle. This method reconstructs the full code from partial scans, useful when the barcode is obscured or damaged.
The 9-digit barcode enabled the sorting of mail to the individual delivery carrier, and in some cases into a semblance of delivery sequence. An 11 digit (plus check digit) barcode, containing the ZIP Code, ZIP+4 Code, and the delivery point code. 62 bars total. This is usually referred to as the DPBC, or Delivery Point Bar Code.