QR code

[kyoo-ahr kohd]

Trademark.

1. the brand name for a matrix barcode that is read by photographing it with the camera of a smartphone or other mobile device that is equipped with a 2D barcode reader.

   Scan the QR code in our print ads to link to special offers on our website.

QR Code

noun

1. a type of bar code that can be read both horizontally and vertically, allowing large amounts of information to be encoded in it

Word History and Origins

Origin of QR Code¹

First recorded in 1990–95; abbreviation of quick-response code

Word History and Origins

Origin of QR Code¹

C20: Q ( uick ) R ( esponse )

Example Sentences

The company provided a QR code to help them find a new one.

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Lewis, who had previously voiced Orwell for the international Talking Statues project — an app that lets passersby scan a QR code to hear historical figures “speak” — approached the feature-length performance with similar restraint.

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Jonathan Badeen, a 43-year-old resident of Sherman Oaks and co-founder of the dating website Tinder, recently spent 10 minutes trying to figure out how to pay a meter on Ventura Boulevard when his iPhone couldn’t read the QR code on the screen before he eventually gave up.

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Some of the fliers don’t mention short-term rentals and only describe the budget crisis while including a QR code for the campaign’s website.

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A wooden platform was placed under each slab, with the words “life,” “liberty” and “the pursuit of happiness,” written upside down and divided between the three art pieces, along with a QR code explaining its meaning.

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