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bar code

bar code is the alternative spelling of barcode.

Meaning of barcode

Noun

barcode (plural barcodes)

  1. Any set of machine-readable parallel bars or concentric circles, varying in width, spacing, or height, encoding information according to a symbology.
  2. A portion of a gene that identifies a particular species.
  3. (slang, self-harm) An instance of self-harm, typically with multiple parallel cuts along a line, similar in form to a machine barcode.

See all 4 meanings of barcode

Forms of bar code

Noun
pluralbar codes
Verb
third-person singular presentbar codes
present participlebar coding
past participlebar coded
pastbar coded

Questions about bar code

What is bar code the alternative spelling of?
Bar code is the alternative spelling of barcode.

Words near bar code in the dictionary

  1. bar chairs
  2. bar chart
  3. bar charts
  4. bar clam
  5. bar clams
  6. bar code
  7. bar codes
  8. bar cookie
  9. bar cookies
  10. bar crawl
  11. bar crawls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bar code (page history and authors); barcode (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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