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
No more scrolling through your phone to find that bar code, or scrambling through your glove compartment to find that parking pass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2025
Unflattering references to the technology liken the process to a supermarket checkout - where your face becomes a bar code.
From BBC ● May 25, 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
