A 2D (two-dimensional) barcode is a graphical image that stores information horizontally as one-dimensional barcodes do, as well as vertically. As a result, the storage capacity for 2D barcodes is ...

The initiative by the standards organization could bring traditional 1D barcodes into the 2D world of data matrix and QR-codes. After five decades of barcode use at the point of sale, the technology ...

A barcode has long been one of the simplest features on a package. It helps products move through warehouses, stores and checkout tills every day. Yet that familiar barcode is now changing. Across the ...