2.     Categories of barcodes

Barcodes have now become an essential part of almost every Brick and Mortar Company. You will rarely find a product without a barcode Tag. Different types of barcodes are used for different purposes in business sectors. There are several advantages of using barcodes as compared to manual data entry. Typical usage of barcodes include

·         Tracking sale and purchase of large number of items in an inventory.

·         Barcodes are pasted on sports tickets which allow one to enter a sports arena.

·         Barcodes are often placed on gift tokens that when decoded tells which gift that token corresponds.

Types of barcodes

There are two major types of barcodes

1-      One Dimensional or Linear Barcodes

2-      Two Dimensional Barcodes