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Barcodes II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Alan Cox
Alan Cox*
Affiliation:
Pen-y-Maes, Ostrey Hill, St Clears, Dyfed SA33 4AJ
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Everyone has seen barcodes, on groceries, newspapers and virtually every other product that they buy, but how many people know what they mean? I have always felt that one day I ought to sit down and work out what the various stripes in the barcodes meant – they were an obvious challenge. However, on the various occasions when I have tried, I have had no success, and I have given up (and as you will see from what follows, the system is sufficiently complex that a simple attack on the coding system is unlikely to succeed).

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 78 , Issue 481 , March 1994 , pp. 7 - 10
Copyright
Copyright © The Mathematical Association 1994

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