Universal Product Code

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U·ni·ver·sal Prod·uct Code • n. more formal term for bar code.

universal product code

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universal product code Computer‐readable bar code for labelling, first proposed for food labelling in 1973; the first supermarket checkout scanners to read them were installed in 1974.

Universal Product Code

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Universal Product Code (UPC) See bar code.

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