How BARCODES Work

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  • Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025

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  • @Akashpagol
    @Akashpagol 4 года назад +186

    I wish every educational video on youtube was like this. Brief yet comprehensive.

    • @PacoOtis
      @PacoOtis 3 года назад

      Perfect comment! If only they were!

    • @aaryashukla8404
      @aaryashukla8404 2 года назад

      Yes this channel is best

    • @paulshevyakov4542
      @paulshevyakov4542 Год назад

      78u

    • @LeonSheeter
      @LeonSheeter 8 месяцев назад

      Yes, I learn much better when the audio randomly becomes super loud for less than a second & goes back to normal..Especially learn the best whenever he says anything with a 'b' or a 'p' sound & it explodes a deep thunderous 'puff' sound.

  • @ConnecticutEmporium
    @ConnecticutEmporium 10 лет назад +426

    Finally! Now I can get rid of my POS system and read the bar codes myself!

    • @mxmm744
      @mxmm744 9 лет назад +29

      ConnecticutEmporium Point of sale or piece of shit?

    • @m0llux
      @m0llux 9 лет назад +20

      mxm m both, i guess

    • @melodysm
      @melodysm 7 лет назад +24

      LOL I know this is a joke but you’d also have to memorize all of the manufacturing codes and the product numbers.

    • @moneybandzzzz4352
      @moneybandzzzz4352 4 года назад +1

      Finally! I know all the steps to shoplift!

  • @niktwister
    @niktwister 4 года назад +39

    For anyone wondering , this is UPC-A barcode generation algorithm . There are many others , for example "Code 128" barcode generation algorithm is capable of encoding alphanumeric characters from ASCII character set.

    • @LMBee00
      @LMBee00 Год назад +1

      Way above my comprehension abilities. I got lost about a minute in and then my mind wanders about something I can comprehend.

  • @eddiekern
    @eddiekern 11 лет назад +569

    Wow, this was a great video. Very interesting and informative. Now I have a great conversation piece to break the awkward silence on a first date.

    • @CarlosValencia-cd7fi
      @CarlosValencia-cd7fi 10 лет назад +2

      Lmao awesome

    • @roarthemovie
      @roarthemovie 6 лет назад +29

      You're going to bore a date to death on the first date???

    • @Lizzie-sp5dq
      @Lizzie-sp5dq 6 лет назад +19

      ....and the last......😴

    • @MrJerzy624
      @MrJerzy624 6 лет назад +13

      Hey girl wanna learn about barcodes lmao!! that would def be an ice breaker kinda funny too

    • @abdelrahmanmagdy298
      @abdelrahmanmagdy298 6 лет назад

      HAHAHA

  • @fdgxtgtybfgvg1086
    @fdgxtgtybfgvg1086 5 лет назад +152

    Walmart Employer: "So... what's a skill you have?"
    Me: "I can understand barcodes."

  • @foadrightnow5725
    @foadrightnow5725 7 лет назад +24

    Easily one of THE most informative videos per minute that I've seen! I learned more about bar codes in four minutes than I did in seventeen years in the grocery biz! Thanks!

  • @Danielmountford_
    @Danielmountford_ 2 года назад +8

    I showed a photo of a paint can with a small bar code on it to an employee who scanned the screen and instantly brought up the same product on his phone. I work in a pretty tech industry and it's pretty cool that such a simple design works so well

  • @pinche1994
    @pinche1994 11 лет назад +8

    These type of videos are what I always wanted! I wish the internet was more populated with this type of stuff. LOVE IT. KEEP MAKING MORE! And thanks.

  • @DenizDales
    @DenizDales 10 лет назад +88

    Your voice should be on TV. Even when you say chicken soup it's interesting.

  • @TRAVELLEROFWORLDS
    @TRAVELLEROFWORLDS 8 лет назад +30

    This cashier is grateful for the lesson!

    • @lolgerman
      @lolgerman 6 лет назад +1

      Tobie Allen II same lmao

  • @BlackMambo5
    @BlackMambo5 4 года назад +2

    I'll never see barcodes the same way ever again. Thank you!

  • @arturshchukin2341
    @arturshchukin2341 4 года назад +9

    Concise and straight to the point! Thank you for making us learn and saving our time.

  • @OliverBack
    @OliverBack 11 лет назад +1

    It's funny, me and my dad were having a conversation about this when I was visiting him, and by chance I saw this video about 40 minutes before he phones, thanks a lot for the upload, this is a great channel.

  • @sihlejpromajola1718
    @sihlejpromajola1718 2 года назад

    The most articulate explanation you can ever get in this world... Well done for Excellent videos.

  • @Respect2theFallen
    @Respect2theFallen 4 месяца назад

    Thats crazy the 0 and 1 light reflection was exactly the opposite of what I was thinking and this is all interesting. Definitely gonna dive deeper into this.

  • @deathby1hpgaming485
    @deathby1hpgaming485 9 месяцев назад

    The people that came up with this were way ahead of their time.

  • @Yup_Pup
    @Yup_Pup 7 лет назад

    i work in a warehouse and im super glad to finally understand this

  • @TaylorMMontgomery
    @TaylorMMontgomery 7 месяцев назад +1

    It's important to note that this is a UPC, there are many types of barcodes and they work differently than UPCs

  • @BisratAbraha
    @BisratAbraha 3 месяца назад

    Very nicely done. I only wanted to know the basics of barcodes before I present a proposal to a company and it is well explained.

  • @mark0nius
    @mark0nius 11 лет назад +3

    I might have missed it, but I think you forgot to mention that the numbers on the right side are inverted to those on the left (0 becomes 1 and vice versa). Zero on left: 0001101; Zero on right 1110010

  • @Bollywoodviibes
    @Bollywoodviibes 3 года назад

    Thanks a lot because i have a presentation tomorrow on this topic.

  • @arpit5ster
    @arpit5ster 5 лет назад +4

    Amazing, I learnt this is 5 mins. Wow, great informative video.

  • @ictcomputersciencewithmiss8965
    @ictcomputersciencewithmiss8965 5 лет назад +5

    Absolutely fantastic! You make it seem so simple!

  • @henrygdance
    @henrygdance 12 лет назад +1

    very clear, short, yet enough info to understand barcode system. Great!

  • @dukestt
    @dukestt 9 лет назад +49

    my scanner works on my phone, at least, and it really is Campbells Chicken Noodle soup. $1.29 apparently.

  • @Sensei_Mango_Man
    @Sensei_Mango_Man 3 года назад

    Up to now, i’ve come to know how barcodes work. Really interesting information.

  • @LuwBren
    @LuwBren 13 лет назад +5

    It's unbelievable that all that happens in just one second when I beep my product in a store :0

  • @umargul5644
    @umargul5644 3 года назад +1

    Great job sir,thanks

  • @jarecki93
    @jarecki93 9 лет назад +1

    This is very useful lesson for me. Thanks to you I have made a project at my university!

  • @jus1taj
    @jus1taj 4 года назад

    Holy crap. That was way more than I could have imagined.

  • @proengineer4250
    @proengineer4250 12 лет назад +3

    Very nice and comprehensive way of giving a lesson. Thanks A LOT!

  • @sei-bay
    @sei-bay Год назад

    You are really amazing
    You did this just in 4 minutes
    Thank you

  • @AmDsus2Fmaj7Am
    @AmDsus2Fmaj7Am 11 лет назад +9

    "do you know how barcodes work?"
    that would be a cool opener for that cute cashier :) LOL

    • @Dee-df3mo
      @Dee-df3mo 3 года назад +1

      I'm sure that cute cashier is on hour six of her shift and gives two fucks about how a bar code works lmao

  • @inqilabpatel1
    @inqilabpatel1 9 лет назад +3

    Thanks a lot for such a brilliant lecture just in one lesson. Thanks again.

  • @RedWillB
    @RedWillB 2 года назад +2

    Interestingly, I've noticed no one has pointed out that the right side's number codes are just the inverse of the left side's.
    Example:
    Left side 1: 0011001
    Right side 1: 1100110

  • @Like_Ike
    @Like_Ike 8 лет назад +3

    every answer to every question I had about barcodes right here!! thanx really helpful!!!

    • @Like_Ike
      @Like_Ike 8 лет назад +1

      THEPROGOLDLION hey lol

  • @BaileyVea
    @BaileyVea 5 лет назад +1

    This really helped me in my college math class. Thank you! :)

  • @hideokuwaki
    @hideokuwaki 11 лет назад +1

    In the case of the barcode, the binaries are just a standard, not the binary equivalent for the decimal number.
    To convert a binary number to a decimal number you can use this:
    For example, converting 10101010 into decimal,
    1*2^7+0*2^6+1*2^5+0*2^4+1*2^3+0*2^2+1*2^1+0*2^0
    So the binary 10101010 is equivalent to the decimal 170.
    Maybe this can help you: watch?v=Fmb3TCvlETk

  • @xenux123
    @xenux123 8 лет назад

    Omg this is mindblown for me. Thank you very much! Old but gold video.

  • @add859tankionline
    @add859tankionline 7 лет назад

    Finally a video that answers my shower thought about a barcode knowing if it is upside down. Thanks lol

  • @gajumasare5443
    @gajumasare5443 2 года назад

    This small video has everything and it was really easy to understand 😃

  • @BarcodeFreeware
    @BarcodeFreeware 6 лет назад +1

    Very good course to quickly understand how bar codes work.

  • @appoline2327
    @appoline2327 7 лет назад

    My TaoHorse barcode scanner works great for 1D/2D barcodes, iPhone, PC, etc., finally know what happens, thanks:)

  • @AT-zr9tv
    @AT-zr9tv 4 года назад +1

    Very elegant and clear presentation, thanks!!!

  • @CrabMinded
    @CrabMinded 10 лет назад

    Moooore video plz. This chanel could be in the top 10 edu channels on youtube!

  • @milkykungnaja
    @milkykungnaja 11 лет назад +3

    Magnificent video tutorial. Very clear voice and wonderful illustrations. Thanks a lot :-) Subscribed.

  • @IDAutomation
    @IDAutomation 14 лет назад

    @boombasticLee
    If you are attempting to calculate a 13th digit, then you are creating a symbology known as EAN13 (looks similar to UPC). In this particular example, UPCa takes 11 digits and produces a 12th (check digit).

  • @victorialazareva
    @victorialazareva 11 лет назад

    Life /noun/ 1. The condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.
    2. The period between the birth and death of a living thing.
    I hope that helps c:

  • @dmillionairkid
    @dmillionairkid 12 лет назад +1

    that was awesome! exactly what i was looking for for the last 2 hrs! thanks for breaking it down for us!!

    • @azeemahmad7116
      @azeemahmad7116 3 года назад

      I'm replying to a 9 year old comment.XD

  • @PacoOtis
    @PacoOtis 3 года назад

    The people who figured out this complicated system, what planet are they from? Whew! Excellent job with the video but I have to go now as my brain is now full! Best of luck!

  • @blakebecker7362
    @blakebecker7362 10 месяцев назад

    I can now read barcodes without a scanner, thanks!

  • @IDAutomation
    @IDAutomation 14 лет назад

    @n40798
    Yes, it is UPCA. UPCE takes in the same amount of data but produces an 8 digit barcode.

  • @carlziade4353
    @carlziade4353 8 лет назад +1

    Thank you for this lesson. Can you share the presentation you used?

  • @datobogveradze2645
    @datobogveradze2645 6 лет назад +2

    i feel much more clever now than i was when i woke up this morning

  • @bradkeen1973
    @bradkeen1973 Месяц назад

    This is in Morse Code. It's dots and dashes to generate numbers.

  • @4DModding
    @4DModding Год назад

    Most efficient video on youtube

  • @cca211
    @cca211 12 лет назад +5

    WOW!! I feel so enlightened!

  • @sleepyrabbit4655
    @sleepyrabbit4655 3 года назад

    Great explanation. Why the channel stopped producing this type of videos?

  • @mangasprai
    @mangasprai 10 лет назад +123

    i feel less dumb.

  • @DaElfer
    @DaElfer 7 лет назад

    Thank you so much. I was able to create a program to generate a barcode

  • @thecomedian4136
    @thecomedian4136 4 года назад +1

    Very informative! Thanks a lot!

  • @jamescooley8312
    @jamescooley8312 10 лет назад +3

    I understood everything until the modulo check number and then I was like, "Yeah, I'll never be able to explain this to anyone..."

  • @qoolandz
    @qoolandz 8 лет назад

    That's help me understand and make my own DIY Barcode with MS-Excel, Thank you.

  • @sharif_billa
    @sharif_billa 2 года назад +1

    Thanks 🙏🏻

  • @xerox844
    @xerox844 3 года назад

    You are one damn good teacher man

  • @BarcodeFreeware
    @BarcodeFreeware 2 года назад

    Use Excel data to print bulk barcode labels - In order to improve work efficiency, you can first enter the value of the barcode in Excel, and then import it into our barcode generator software to make barcodes in batches.

  • @KevinSkarritt
    @KevinSkarritt 13 лет назад +1

    FABULOUS video!!!! Bravo. Request: Can you do a similar video for 2D Barcodes/QRCodes?

  • @Drevilbreakfast
    @Drevilbreakfast Год назад

    straight to the point good video

  • @MrCavitysChessCorner
    @MrCavitysChessCorner 12 лет назад

    Dude your videos are awesome!!

  • @arzo2000
    @arzo2000 10 лет назад

    This is one heck of a complicated way for identifying a product. We should make things more simple.

    • @sleekwitt9454
      @sleekwitt9454 10 лет назад

      Yep, but a computer does all that idying in a gazillionth of a second, so once the method is programmed with all it's triple security checks, the machine will do it for you at practically no cost and no time...

  • @Reinhard_G.1965
    @Reinhard_G.1965 2 года назад

    [# 6671]
    Two friends sitting outside a
    café, watching the pedestrians
    passing by. A pretty girl appears,
    her dress with irregular vertical
    lines... "Oh dear, this fashion now-
    adays...", the one sighs. The
    other: "Just scan this pattern
    with the barcode reading app
    -- maybe it's her phone number!"

  • @mndlessdrwer
    @mndlessdrwer 11 лет назад

    Especially if you are looking at the much compressed versions that define most of the equations by employing operators such as the gradient, divergence, curl or del operators. Then you have to look all of those up and learn that the bolded letters are actually Vector potentials or Vector fields, and how those function. Then you learn partial derivatives and cross and dot products. By then you will have just scratched the surface. Math, helping the universe confuse us.

  • @4Maestro1
    @4Maestro1 3 года назад +1

    The first 3 digits actually indicates the Country of Origin.

  • @SohilShah_Melodyman
    @SohilShah_Melodyman 5 лет назад +1

    Very well explained; thanks for sharing!

  • @Kirillissimus
    @Kirillissimus 5 лет назад +1

    That is only one of barcode types commonly used around, the EAN-13. Probably it is the most common one in Europe but even there it is not the only one. Americas have their own similar but not identical ways of doing the same thing. And that is only considering simple linear barcodes. Today 2D barcodes start to gain popularity especially in specific cases like airplane tickets and interactive ads. The video just barely scratches the surface of the whole barcode universe.

  • @tomiadventures
    @tomiadventures 4 года назад

    Futurama: "When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all."
    12th digit: "BUT BUT BUT MATHS! D:

  • @SyedAmeedSA
    @SyedAmeedSA 6 лет назад +4

    Love the way you have explained how barcode works. But how does one know exactly which manufacturer and product has which code? Is there an administered international database that we have to register into? Provided that there is no administered database, can anyone generate their own EAN barcodes for free, with their favorite numbers as manufacturer and product code?

  • @mattG527
    @mattG527 11 лет назад +2

    QUESTION! ---- I'd really LOVE TO KNOW the extent of what a barcode can tell me --- I work in a warehouse & I've been told that the first 3 numbers tell you the country it was made in (true or not?), you mentioned the first digit showing standard or weighted things; what about 4 through 9? & do you know of a link or any reading material anywhere for me to look through? I've been looking on the web for ages but this video has told me more then all the other research I've done. Thank you!

  • @THEPROUDINDIANRISHIKESHKV
    @THEPROUDINDIANRISHIKESHKV 9 лет назад

    Best amongst the best....Too Good

  • @waynefoster1430
    @waynefoster1430 4 года назад

    So helpfull!!!!!! I always wanted to know how it works.

  • @SorakaOTP462
    @SorakaOTP462 Год назад

    Nice tutorial. Now when I work as a cashier and I can't see the numbers, I can just read the barcode with my eyes and write it by hand!

  • @as20239
    @as20239 7 лет назад

    Thanks this lesson helped me alot.

  • @Tony32
    @Tony32 7 лет назад

    Next time i see a tough guy with a barcode tattooed on the back of his head I'll be able to figure it out. It'll say Chicken Noodle Soup probably.

  • @MC-Minority
    @MC-Minority 9 лет назад +3

    that was freaking awesome

  • @MrElectronicful
    @MrElectronicful 12 лет назад

    The left and right guards only contains three bits "101" and both the left-side and right side code for the number six contain 7-bits, "0101111" and "1010000" respectively. Since "101" is not the same as "0101111" or "1010000" there is no 666. In the UPC code you must have all seven bits for a number to be recognized. Even if you treated "101" as a plain old binary number, it would be a five and not six. FYI, six looks like "110" in plain binary, and 666 would look like "1010011010".

  • @mouadsifessalam
    @mouadsifessalam 11 лет назад

    Great videos hope to see more

  • @rajandesai7723
    @rajandesai7723 4 года назад

    Great source of information , in hardly 5 minutes

  • @Poornima_life
    @Poornima_life 8 лет назад

    thanks sir..Very easy n effectively explained..

  • @alhdlakhfdqw
    @alhdlakhfdqw 12 лет назад

    AWSOME !!! very very nice explainde!! keep it up man!!!

  • @EarlWallaceNYC
    @EarlWallaceNYC 2 года назад

    Quick and easy. Thanks

  • @skatejam7
    @skatejam7 13 лет назад +12

    :( i wanted him to go into the tracking of items, very informative though! thanks!

  • @3ds12Game
    @3ds12Game 11 лет назад +6

    You are awesome,
    this is also 1 lession:
    my-youtube-account + awesome lessions = subscribed

  • @InsidiousClouds
    @InsidiousClouds 3 года назад

    So theoretically, could I replace the type of barcode on lets say an apple from a 2 to a 0, and just get the apple without having to weigh it at all?

  • @KotaBryce
    @KotaBryce Год назад

    i never thought about the barcode needing an error check for being upside down- I’ve been a retail manager for 2 years

  • @levinparackal
    @levinparackal 6 лет назад +1

    Thankyou so much for this amazing explanation :)

  • @Parkourrr
    @Parkourrr 2 года назад +1

    I searched up the bar code on the title screen on googly lens and it took me to Campbell's chicken noodle soup.

  • @brycepascua1685
    @brycepascua1685 9 лет назад +1

    What's happens when it's completely scratched off is it still readable like able to read what barcode was there last?

  • @23v0lv32
    @23v0lv32 6 лет назад

    wow what a fascinating video. kudos

  • @AloanMoreira1
    @AloanMoreira1 9 лет назад +1

    so all this (over 4 minutes of explanation) happens at the split second bip of the check out! whoaahhhh!!!

  • @Thatscrazydawg221
    @Thatscrazydawg221 5 лет назад

    I came here after I heard the song This is America, in the end of the song the guy says “we’re just a barcode”