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I am genuinely surprised to hear this. I largely thought barcodes were nonsense because in the US there isn't really any sort of standard that I've seen (I work
by mattkrea 10y ago
I am genuinely surprised to hear this. I largely thought barcodes were nonsense because in the US there isn't really any sort of standard that I've seen (I work for a POS company in the US that has to support a lot of barcodes)
- DrScump 10y agoIf there weren't standards, how could readers parse them? There are lots of different symbologies (ways to encode data), each with its own benefits and limitations. The one most familiar to U.S. consumers is the UPC code. Most pro sports and event tickets also use barcodes. Ticketmaster and Tickets.com use different symbologies from each other.
- mattkrea 10y agoI'm aware of the (many) standards. UPC codes are not unique and that is more what I was getting at.. it's all basically just made up with seemingly no governing body.