universal product code

1. 1.

   code consisting of a series of vertical bars of variable width that are scanned by a laser; printed on consumer product packages to identify the item for a computer that provides the price and registers inventory information

   Synonymsbar code

   Broadercode

Questions about universal product code

What does universal product code mean?

universal product code means "code consisting of a series of vertical bars of variable width that are scanned by a laser; printed on consumer product packages to identify the item for a computer that provides the price and registers inventory information".

What is another word for universal product code?

Close synonyms include bar code. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is universal product code a common word?

universal product code is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.