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Universal Product Code: see bar code bar code, computer coding system that uses a printed pattern of lines or bars to identify products, mail and packages, customer accounts, and the like. Bar codes are read by optically scanning the printed pattern and using a computer program to decode the pattern.
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Universal Product Code (UPC)

Standard bar code used to identify grocery and other retail merchandise. In the UPC system, the five digits on the left are assigned to a particular manufacturer or maker and the five digits on the right are used by that manufacturer to identify a specific type or make of product.

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Just like the 11-digit Universal Product Code (UPC) that identifies items sold in most countries today, a sliver of DNA could identify every living species on Earth, Hebert and his Guelph colleagues assert.

DNA bar codes: life under the scanner by Brownlee, Christen / Science News

And the absence of Caxton, Napster, Universal Product Code, James Dewar, China (to mention just a few proper nouns in the text I tried to look up) from the index is scandalous.

Really useful; the origins of everyday things. (Science) by Reeds, Karen / Kliatt

It permits unlimited bar codes per item, so items can be identified by part number, universal product code number and so on.

Reading between the lines: using bar-code technology is a smart way ... by Cohen, Eric E. / Journal of Accountancy

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