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Barcode (Wikipedia)

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The Wikipedia article on barcodes, consulted for its account of the Woodland and Silver 1949/1952 patent and the first commercial barcode scan in June 1974.

Facts
Author
Wikipedia contributors
Publisher
Wikimedia Foundation
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode
Source Type
Reference Work
Reliability Tier
2
Sources
Barcode (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationView the Source
Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)

This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Inventions, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 general references.
  • Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.

Well-attested

9

Inventions

General References

3

Inventions

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