universal product code

Definitions

Commerce

• noun
  (written as Universal Product Code)
  the code which identifies an article for sale, usually printed as a bar code on the packet or item itself.

Computing

• noun a standard printed bar coding system used to identify products in a shop using a bar code reader or at a EPOS.

Electronics

• A bar code which is printed on items for sale for identification purposes. Such codes are read by bar-code scanners, and are used, for instance, to tally sales at a point of sale, and to maintain inventory. Its abbreviation is UPC.

Food

• noun
  (written as Universal Product Code)
  a bar code containing a unique 12-digit number that identifies a commercial product.

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Contexts for “universal product code”

4 definitions in context
• Commerce
• Computing
• Electronics
• Food