Thursday, October 21, 2010

Between the Lines

Welcome to ‘Between the Lines’ where we will breakdown some of the words and acronyms that are unique to our industry.

Symbology: Representation or expression by means of a symbol. In bar coding symbology is a protocol for arranging the bars and spaces that make up a particular kind of bar code.
Different symbologies are used in different industries. Two easily recognizable symbologies are Code 39 used for UPC bar codes and PDF417 a 2D symbology often seen on driver’s licenses.

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