bar code
Example Sentences
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Instead of being laid out spatially, its wiring works more like a bar code, with distributed patterns of activity representing particular smells or complex memories.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
“It sort of served as the bar code for what became my entire artistic project,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
For ticket inspections and to pass through barriers, the app will generate a bar code to scan.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2025
The machines scan the bar code on the back of the membership card, showing the membership record, including photo and status.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
This food had never worn a label or bar code or price tag, and yet I knew almost everything there was to know about it.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
