bar code
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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
The machines scan the bar code on the back of the membership card, showing the membership record, including photo and status, Callans said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
In fact, he’d spent many happy hours on bar code websites where geeks gathered to compare, discuss, and trade codes and information.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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