Well, imagine typing in every item people buy as a clerk. It's much easier to scan it and then bag it ;)
The Bar Code Rebellion was created on 2006-08-01.
The Bar Code Tattoo was created on 2004-09-01.
There isn't a specific "font" that creates all different types of bar codes, but IDAutomation has created a Universal Bar Code Font, which will generate multiple bar code types from a single font. It will create Code 128, Interleaved 2 of 5, Code 39, MSI, Codabar, Postnet, Planet, Intelligent Mail and GS1-128. They have a demo you can test, but URLs are not allowed in the Answer Field here at WikiAnswers. Sorry.
Bar codes have a meaning because the meaning of a bar code is assigned to that bar code. A bar code identifies an item, and product information regarding that item is held in a data base.
The level of measurement of a bar code is nominal.
"bar code" contains 7 letters.
The country code and area code of Bar, Montenegro is 382, (0)85.
The zip code for diamond bar is 91765
Suzanne Weyn is the author of The Bar Code Tattoo.
Americium is not used in bar code scanners.
A bar code for pH doesn't exist.
The ISBN of The Bar Code Rebellion is 978-0439803854.