Glossary of postal terms. 2014.
barcode clear zone — A rectangular area in the lower right part of a letter size mailpiece that must be kept free of printing and symbols, except for the barcode itself. This requirement allows automated processing machines to read or apply a barcode … Glossary of postal terms
Barcode — For the taxonomic method, see DNA barcoding. A UPC A barcode symbol A barcode is an optical machine readable representation of data, which shows data about the object to which it attaches. Originally barcodes represented data by varying the… … Wikipedia
Burst cutting area — The Burst Cutting Area on an 80mm DVD In computing, the burst cutting area (BCA) or narrow burst cutting area (NBCA) refers to the circular area near the center of a DVD, HD DVD or Blu ray Disc, where a barcode can be written for additional… … Wikipedia
wide area barcode reader — (WABCR) A modification to a barcode sorter that allows the machine to read a barcode virtually anywhere on a mailpiece … Glossary of postal terms
United States Postal Service — This article is about the government agency. For individual post offices, see U.S. Post Office (disambiguation). For the cycling team, see Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. USPS redirects here. For the non profit boating safety and education… … Wikipedia
upgradable mail — First Class Mail and Standard Mail (A) that the USPS can process on a multiline optical character reader (MLOCR) to apply a barcode. Upgradable mail is letter size, automation compatible pieces, with machine printed nonscript addresses, an OCR… … Glossary of postal terms
Radio-frequency identification — (RFID) is a technology that uses radio waves to transfer data from an electronic tag, called RFID tag or label, attached to an object, through a reader for the purpose of identifying and tracking the object. Some RFID tags can be read from… … Wikipedia
Universal Product Code — The Universal Product Code (UPC) is a barcode symbology (i.e., a specific type of barcode), that is widely used in the United States and Canada for tracking trade items in stores. Current code The UPC encodes 12 decimal digits as SLLLLLLMRRRRRRE … Wikipedia
ZIP code — Mr. ZIP promoted the use of ZIP codes for the USPS during the 1960s and 1970s. ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan,[1] is properly… … Wikipedia
International Standard Book Number — ISBN redirects here. For usage of ISBNs in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:ISBN. A 13 digit ISBN, 978 3 16 148410 0, as represented by an EAN 13 bar code. The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a unique[1][2 … Wikipedia
