noun.
A series of vertical bars of varying widths, in which each of the digits zero through nine are represented by a different pattern of bars that can be read by a laser scanner. The bars are commonly found on consumer products and are used especially for inventory control.
noun.
A DNA barcode.
transitive verb.
To provide or mark (an item) with a barcode.
noun.
Any set of machine-readableparallelbars or concentriccircles, varying in width, spacing, or height, encodinginformation according to a symbology.
Word Usage
"Its all in the software that the barcode is generated to. even scratched and old phones work superwell."