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bar' code"

a series of lines of varying width, printed, as on a container or product, that can be read by an optical scanner to determine charges for purchases, destinations for letters, etc. Cf. Universal Product Code.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

Barclay de Tolly

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