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Record 1 - external organization data 2009-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
02.01.01 (19762)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

member of the set of automatic identification techniques such as a linear bar code, two-dimensional, mark sense, or optical character recognition (OCR) symbols, that are illuminated by a light source and examined by an optical detector that converts the received reflectance into electrical signals that are grouped in a predetermined method, recognized by the reader and converted into the corresponding computer code

OBS

optically readable medium; ORM: term, abbreviation and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 19762-2:2008].

French

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