
Barcode Symbology Terminology
Term Description
Barcode
An array of parallel rectangular bars and spaces arranged according to the
encodation rules of a particular symbol specification in order to represent
data in machine-readable form. For the purposes of this guideline the term
“bar code” includes linear (for example, Code 39 and Code 128), two-
dimensional (for example, Data Matrix and MicroPDF417), and composite
(for example CC-A linked to GS1 DataBar Omnidirectional) machine-
readable symbols.
Barcode Character
A single group of bars and spaces that represent an individual letter,
number, punctuation mark or other symbol.
Barcode Density
The number of data characters that can be represented in a linear unit of
measure. Barcode density is a function of the “X” dimension, element
width ration, and intercharacter gap.
Barcode Symbol
An array of rectangular bars and spaces that are arranged in a
predetermined pattern following specific rules to represent elements of
data that are referred to as characters. A bar code symbol contains a
leading quiet zone, start pattern data character(s) including a check
character (if any), stop pattern, and a trailing quiet zone.
Bar Height The bar dimension perpendicular to the bar width. Also called bar length.
Bar Width
The perpendicular distance across a bar measured from a point on one
edge to a point on the opposite edge. Each point will be defined as having
a reflectance that is 50 percent of the difference between the background
and bar reflectance.
Character
Term Description
Data Character A letter, digit, or other member of the ASCII character set.
Symbol Character
A unique bar and/or space pattern, or a dark and light cell pattern, which is
defined for a specific symbology. There is not necessarily a one-to-one
unique correlation between symbol characters and data characters.
Depending on the symbology, symbol characters may have a unique
associated symbol value.
Character Set
Those characters available for encodation in a particular automatic
identification technology.
Check Character
A digit or character calculated from the data and appended as part of the
data string to insure that the data is correctly composed and transmitted.
Code 39
The 3 of 9 bar code is a variable length, discrete, self-checking,
bidirectional, alphanumeric bar code. Its character set contains 43
meaningful characters: 0-9, A-Z, -, ., $, /, %, *, and space. Each character
is composed of nine elements: five bars and four spaces. Three of the nine
elements are wide (binary value 1), and six elements are narrow (binary
value 0). The character (*) is used for both start and stop character.
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