barcoding
BrE: /ˈbɑːˌkəʊdɪŋ/
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Definition of barcoding - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

1.
businessTECH.process of giving items machine-readable codes for tracking and salesTECH.
  • Barcoding helps the store track inventory and speed up checkout.
2.
biologyTECH.method using short DNA sequences to identify living speciesTECH.
  • Barcoding has revealed hidden species in several insect groups.

Adjective

1.
businessTECH.relating to systems that label items with machine-readable line patternsTECH.
  • The company invested in a new barcoding scanner for the warehouse.
2.
biologyTECH.relating to methods using short DNA pieces to tell species apartTECH.
  • The lab conducted a large barcoding survey of local insect species.
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Origin of barcoding

modern English: barcode (bar “rod” + code “cipher”) + -ing

Terms related to barcoding

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barcodebarcode labelbarcode scannerbarcodedproduct codeQR codescanscannerscanningUPC

Examples of barcoding in a sentence

  • The hospital introduced barcoding for patient wristbands to reduce medication errors.
  • DNA barcoding helped confirm the identity of imported plant samples.
  • Advances in barcoding have streamlined biodiversity monitoring in remote regions.
  • The barcoding system dramatically reduced checkout errors.
  • We upgraded to barcoding labels compatible with all printers.
  • They used a barcoding approach to identify unknown fish larvae from the samples.

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  1. French:codage à barres, à code-barres, ...
  2. German:Barcode-Kennzeichnung, strichcodiert, ...
  3. Italian:codifica a barre, a barre, ...
  4. Spanish:etiquetado con código de barras, de código de barras, ...
  5. Portuguese:codificação de barras, de código de barras, ...
  6. Chinese:条形码标识, 条码化的, ...
  7. Japanese:バーコード化, バーコードの, ...
  8. Arabic:تَرْمِيز شَرِيطِي, مُتَعَلِّق بالتَّرمِيز الخَطِّي, ...
  9. Hebrew:בַּרְקוֹדִינְג, קָשׁוּר לְבַּרְקוֹד, ...
  10. Russian:штрихкодирование, штрихкодовый, ...
  11. Ukrainian:штрихкодування, штрихкодовий, ...
  12. Hindi:बारकोडिंग, बारकोड आधारित, ...
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