barcode-reader

Definitions

Noun. [C2]

Examples

“The series will make⟳ much of how it gave us the first glimpses of such breakthroughs as the first breathalyser (way back in 1967), pocket calculators (1971) and the barcode-reader (1983).”

“Nobody seriously suggests that navigating the aisles of a supermarket with a barcode-reader in one hand and a wire shopping chariot in the other is a highlight of contemporary civilisation.”

“In the IT business they use⟳ ‘legacy’ when they mean⟳ ‘old’ (probably best not to ask⟳ why) and this is how a company that sells barcode-readers described one of their very old systems: A legacy narrowband wireless system that had served its purpose over 10 years but had gone end⟳ of life.”

“I threw myself in to decoding this new and unfamiliar world: one of scanning each label⟳ on every item of food to see⟳ if I could eat⟳ it or not (bewildering, to begin⟳ with, but now I do it without even thinking about it, my brain like⟳ a barcode-reader).”

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