Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A square grid of smaller black and white squares containing encoded data that is designed to be optically scanned, as to provide information about a product or service.

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  • noun A Quick Response code, a two-dimensional barcode, typically used to link to a website

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[q(uick) r(esponse) code.]

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  • Short for Quick Response Code

    a QR Code is a 2 dimensional bar-code which can be read with a QR Code reader, or with a smartphone with a scanner application.

    January 5, 2013

  • I think bar codes are more like bar codes.

    January 5, 2013