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QR Code (Wikipedia)

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The Wikipedia article on the QR code, consulted for Masahiro Hara's 1994 invention at Denso Wave for labelling automobile parts and the code's later spread beyond that industry.

Facts
Author
Wikipedia contributors
Publisher
Wikimedia Foundation
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code
Source Type
Reference Work
Reliability Tier
2
Sources
QR Code (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikipedia QR code, self-citation
    A QR code, short for quick-response code, is a type of two-dimensional matrix barcode invented in 1994 by Masahiro Hara of the Japanese company Denso Wave for labelling automobile parts.
  • Wikipedia QR code, page URL
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code
  • Wikipedia QR code, footer attribution
    Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikipedia QR code, page history
    Wikipedia contributors
  • Wikipedia QR code, self-citation (source-type)
    Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  • Wikipedia QR code, self-citation (reliability-tier)
    Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)

This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Inventions, 6 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.

Well-attested

8

Inventions

Holds

2

Inventions

General References

2

Inventions

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