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QR code

QR code noun: a type of two-dimensional barcode, typically used to link to a website.

qr code: a type of two-dimensional barcode, typically used to link to a website
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Noun

QR code (plural QR codes)

  1. A type of two-dimensional barcode, typically used to link to a website.
    • TransPennine Express has removed all QR codes from its 71 car parks after scammers covered up a genuine code sticker with a false one and stole £13,000 from a woman's bank account.2023 December 13, “Network News: £13,000 stolen via car park QR”, in RAIL, number 998, page 11
    • New insights into bee movements and life cycles have been uncovered after researchers tracked the insects using tiny QR codes glued onto their backs. […] The team, made up of entomologists and electrical engineers, attached AprilTags, a kind of QR code that is smaller than the nail on your little...2025 January 28, Jack Guy, “Tiny QR codes help scientists track bee movements”, in CNN, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2025

QR code meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

QR code in Hindi

2-D barcode
क्यूआर कोड kyūār koḍ, QR कोड QR koḍ

QR code in Tamil

விரைவுத்துலங்கிக் குறி, விதுக்குறி, தகவம்

QR code in Urdu

2-D barcode
کیو آر کوڈ kyū ār koḍ, QR کوڈ QR koḍ

QR code in Bengali

2-D barcode
কিউআর কোড kiuar kōḍ, QR কোড QR kōḍ
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QR code in Arabic
رَمْز إِسْتِجَابَة سَرِيعَة ramz ʔistijāba sarīʕa, رَمْز رَدّ سَرِيع ramz radd sarīʕ, رَمْز مُرَبَّع ramz murabbaʕ, رَمْز QR ramz QR
QR code in Indonesian
kode respons cepat, kode QR
QR code in Persian
کیوآر کد kyu-âr kod, QR کد QR kod
QR code in Thai
รหัสคิวอาร์ rá-hàt kiu-aa, รหัส QR rá-hàt QR
QR code in Vietnamese
mã quét hai chiều, mã hai chiều, mã QR

Forms of QR code

pluralQR codes
alternative formQR-code

Origin of QR code

Short for Quick Response Code, introduced as a trademark.

Words formed from QR code

Questions about QR code

What does QR code mean?
QR code means a type of two-dimensional barcode, typically used to link to a website.
What is QR code in Hindi?
QR code in Hindi is क्यूआर कोड (kyūār koḍ), QR कोड (QR koḍ). See QR code meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is QR code?
QR code is a noun.
What is the plural of QR code?
The plural of QR code is QR codes.

Words near QR code in the dictionary

  1. QPU
  2. QPUs
  3. qq.v.
  4. qQED
  5. qr
  6. QR code
  7. QR codes
  8. QR decomposition
  9. QR decompositions
  10. QR-code
  11. QR-codes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: QR code (page history and authors); QR code (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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