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Barcode is the presentation of data through various coding methods so that visual machines can read it. Thanks to barcodes, transactions can be easily carried out in many areas such as production, shipment, storage and quality control. The most important feature of barcodes is that they are international. This allows a product to be scanned with a single barcode reader anywhere in the world and the information to be presented to the user.

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Main Barcode Standards

There is a standard for the information encoded in the barcode and the way it is encoded. It includes the content of the code, the number of characters, and the type of characters (numeric, alphanumeric).

EAN (European Article Number)
It was created to provide standard barcoding for products sold mostly in retail.
EAN is a barcode standard widely used in Europe and Türkiye. It contains information such as country code and company code. EAN coding information is provided in Türkiye by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB), National Property Numbering Center. With each EAN code received from the Product Numbering Center, you can code 10,000 products with coding between 0..99999, and if there are more than 10,000, you can get a separate EAN number. EAN standards are generally used by stores, markets, and companies with points of sale. EAN has various standards within itself, such as EAN 8, EAN 13.
- EAN 8: This is the code given specifically for the products. It consists of 8-digit numerical information.
- EAN 13: It consists of 13 digits: the first three digits are the country code, the next four digits are the company code, the next five digits are the product code and the last character (check digit) is the control character.
UPC (Universal Product Code): It is used for the standard coding of products offered for sale. EAN is a product of the UPC standard. UPC is ten numerical digits, the first five digits of which are the company code, and the next five characters are the product code. UPCA and UPCE are the most used standards.
Code 128: In this barcode coding method, weight, date, measurement results, location and shelf information are also kept in addition to the product code. It has three subcomponents. These components contain various character set. 128 characters available.
Code 39: It has alphanumeric coding. 26 uppercase letters, 10 numbers and 7 special characters can be encoded. It is long but easy to read by readers.
Code 39 (Extended): It has the same structure as Code 39 but has a 128-character ASCII table. Interleaved has 2-of-5 numeric character encoding. Even numbers should be used in coding. In other words, an even number coding length of 6, 10, 12 digits can be used.
Codebar: Codebar is a barcode coding standard mostly used in libraries and the medical industry. Includes numeric characters, control characters, and start/stop characters. In this standard; also called USD 4, NW-7 or 2-of-7 code.
Two-dimensional barcodes: In two-dimensional coding, hundreds of characters of information, images and signatures can be fitted into a barcode. Two-dimensional barcodes currently fit 1500 characters of information.

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