barcode
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of barcode
First recorded in 1960–65; bar 1 (in the sense of “a band or strip”) + code
Example Sentences
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But information arrives in fragments: a barcode result here, a recall notice there, a corrected FDA finding, a corporate statement, a congressional inquiry.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
The deal includes its hardware, software and services for high-volume, automated data collection and tracking in mobile computers, barcode scanners and printing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Scientists extracted DNA from the blood inside the mosquitoes and sequenced a specific gene that works like a biological barcode.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 15, 2026
It also features a barcode scanner, which opens a drop-down drawer that is big enough to accommodate parcels that do not fit in the traditional postbox slot.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
It reads the ultraviolet barcode on the inside of everyone’s wrist and marks each internee as present, flashing our camp mug shots for a moment on the scanner’s screen.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
That tech included shuffling machines that could read cards, hidden cameras and barcoded decks.
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
Thanks to the barcoded viruses, they could identify in which tissues the virus had replicated the fastest and spread the furthest just seven days after treatment was stopped.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024
People can swap their old stamps for barcoded stamps through Royal Mail's Swap Out scheme, where there is no deadline for exchange.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2023
The letter calls on supermarkets to add barcoded coupons, cashier discounts, customer service refunds, printed coupons and coupon kiosks to offer the same price cuts for non-digital shoppers.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
Hundreds of thousands of objects had to be inventoried and barcoded, cleaned and conserved, and stabilized for transport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
The lab provides access to cutting-edge techniques such as light and electron microscopy, confocal imaging, molecular barcoding, and micro-CT scanning.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025
Clare carries out some of that work - using something called DNA barcoding to identify the species of mosquito found in those traps.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2023
Other common fingerprinting techniques, such as DNA barcoding that examines short DNA fragments, can detect adulteration in other foods, like fish or sausages.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2023
Testing for that study also used DNA barcoding, which relies on finding species-identifying genetic sequences in samples.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 20, 2023
Projects are currently underway to use DNA barcoding to catalog museum specimens, which have already been named and studied, as well as testing the method on less studied groups.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
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