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| − | '''QR codes''' (Quick Response) are a type of 2-dimensional bar code which is currently very popular. Originally designed for industrial use in tracking items as they move around a warehouse or factory, they are currently mainly used to provide hyperlinks in ads, articles, and signs which somebody with an appropriate reader (such as apps for a smartphone) can use to retrieve what is generally a URL linking into the Web, though other kinds of content can also be stored. | + | '''QR codes''' (Quick Response) are a type of 2-dimensional bar code which is currently very popular. Originally designed for industrial use in tracking items as they move around a warehouse or factory, they are currently mainly used to provide hyperlinks in ads, articles, and signs which somebody with an appropriate reader (such as apps for a smartphone) can use to retrieve what is generally a URL linking into the Web, though other kinds of content can also be stored. [[SPARQCode]] is one of the methods used for standardizing the encoding of URLs and other specific kinds of data within a QR code. |
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Revision as of 04:11, 18 August 2013
QR codes (Quick Response) are a type of 2-dimensional bar code which is currently very popular. Originally designed for industrial use in tracking items as they move around a warehouse or factory, they are currently mainly used to provide hyperlinks in ads, articles, and signs which somebody with an appropriate reader (such as apps for a smartphone) can use to retrieve what is generally a URL linking into the Web, though other kinds of content can also be stored. SPARQCode is one of the methods used for standardizing the encoding of URLs and other specific kinds of data within a QR code.
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Software
- Review of barcode scanner apps
- Android app to read UPC and QR codes to look up product info/prices and other info coded or linked in bar codes
- Bar Code app (iOS)
- ZBar app (iOS)
Developer libraries
- ZBar bar code reader library: cross-platform
- zxing (Zebra Crossing) (barcode library for Java, ported to some other systems)
Utilities
- QR code generator
- Bar code generator: QR
- Online barcode generator (supports many different formats)
- Bar code creator
