Bar codes are used by stores and supermarkets. Every product in the store would have a bar code, which would be scanned at the till or register to quickly access a database - which stores and retrieves the following data;
1. The Product Name
2. The Type of Product
3. The Price (not actually stored on the bar code, as this is always changing, but can be altered on the database).
Once scanned, the information will be added to the customers receipt. Some stores may also keep records of the bar codes scanned, so they can see what products sell well, and other details like that.
Barcodes are also used in industry. Steelmaking plants that make sheet steel first mill steel slabs out into a few kilometres of sheet - this is wound up into a 40-tonne coil for ease of handling. Each coil gets a barcode which can easily be read when coils are pulled from the warehouse for processing.
You'll also find barcodes on all kinds of electronic/computer equipment and (sometimes) on their individual components/subassemblies.
Barcodes give rapid and accurate identification of any coded item.
Bar codes are used so that businesses can track their inventory. Once bar coded, businesses can track products in their warehouse.
Bar codes are used on almost all the products we see in stores. The store uses that bar code to automate and speed checkout.
1974
Bar codes identify the item and the price. They are used by a computer to provide the price and for inventory purposes.
Those newer bar codes are still bar codes, but they are 2-dimensional bar codes, and we call them quick response(QR) codes.
Bar codes no longer need specialized equipment to read them. Your smartphone has many apps that can read bar codes. There are apps where you can learn about the many types of bar codes and even generate and print bar codes of your own.
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The Treasury does not put bar codes on bills. In any case bar codes weren't used in 1974. You may have a bill that was altered by somebody using a bar code printer.
The first 2D Bar codes where used on Railroad Cars. Check the related link
Countries do not have bar codes. They may have calling codes, or postal codes, internationally recognised. Bar codes are usually for items on retail sale.
A barcode reader or scanner
often times yes