| |
| Hardware > Peripheral Hardware > User Input Devices > |
Barcode Readers
|
ALSO CALLED: Barcode Scanners, Scanners (Barcode), Laser Scanners (Barcode), Bar Code Readers, and Bar Code Scanners
DEFINITION: A barcode reader, also called a price scanner or point-of-sale (POS) scanner, is a hand-held or stationary input device used to capture and read information contained in a bar code. A barcode reader consists of a scanner, a decoder (either built-in or external),
Definition continues below.
|
|

|

|
|
Add Barcode-Readers to your RSS Reader:
|
|
|
|
|
| Your request for Barcode Readers multimedia returned limited or no results. The request has been expanded to include User Input Devices multimedia.
|
 |
 |
| 1 Match |
 |
Advanced virtualization: The evolution of hardware to support virtualization
| sponsored by Intel Corporation
PODCAST:
Unfortunately, most hardware wasn't designed for virtualized environments. In this podcast, computing infrastructure issues expert Gordon Haff explains how to retrofit hardware to make it work more effectively with virtualization software.
Posted: 29 Sep 2008 | Premiered: 29 Sep 2008
|
|
 |
|
|  |
| |
BARCODE READERS DEFINITION (continued):
and a cable used to connect the reader with a computer. Because a barcode reader merely captures and translates the barcode into numbers and/or letters, the data must be sent to a computer so that a software application can make sense of the data. Barcode scanners can be connected to a computer through a serial port, keyboard port, or an interface device called a wedge. A barcode reader works by directing a beam of light across the bar code
Barcode Readers definition sponsored by WhatIs.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
|
| |

|

|
|