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 A

 

  ,            :

A bar code symbol used to encode information supplementary to that in the main bar code symbol.



  

Abbreviation for Application Identifier.



    

Abbreviation for Automatic Identification and Data Capture.

 (an)

 ,    ,    ,  :

Describes a character set that contains alphabetic characters (letters), numeric digits (numbers), and other characters, such as punctuation marks.



   

Abbreviation for American National Standards Institute.



  ,         ,   ,   :     ,        :

A physical opening that is part of the optical path in a device such as a scanner, photometer, or camera. Most apertures are circular, but they may be rectangular or elliptical.

 

       ,        :

The field of two or more characters at the beginning of an Element String that uniquely defines its format and meaning.

 X12

   X12: X12-          (EDI) :

Accredited Standards Committee X12. ASC X12 is responsible for developing American National Standards for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).

Asset Type

 

   ,    :

A number assigned by the owner of an asset to uniquely identify a type of asset.

Attribute



 ,        (.    ):

A piece of information reflecting a characteristic related to an identification number (e.g., Global Trade Item Number^ (GTIN^), SSCC).

autodiscrimination

  ,         :

The capability of a reader to automatically recognise and decode multiple bar code symbologies.

Auxiliary guard patterns

  

EAN/UPC  : ,     ,     ,      :

Components of the EAN/UPC Symbology. The centre guard bar pattern, the left guard bar pattern, and the right bar patterns that are represented in some of the symbols are specific types of auxiliary guard pattern.

 

Auxiliary pattern

`   