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For over 46 years, barcode technology has been used to accelerate the extraction of data from product and shipping labels. In many industries, labels are applied to items to convey information to the manufacturer, the end-user, and anyone along the supply chain.
Barcodes have come a long way since their first commercial use in 1974 when just eight digits were transferred in a barcode on a package of chewing gum.