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03.02.14 (19762) [1 record]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2012-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
03.02.14 (19762)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

number of characters that can be represented in a bar code symbol per unit of measure

OBS

Usually expressed as characters per inch or per centimetre for linear bar codes and per square inch or per square centimetre for multi-row symbologies.

OBS

The width of the narrowest bar or space, the wide:narrow ratio, the number of bars and spaces per character and the width of the intercharacter gap, if any, are the controlling factors.

OBS

cf. symbol character (02.01.07)

OBS

bar code density: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 19762-2:2008].

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