How BARCODES Work
Barcodes In One Lesson. Barcodes have revolutionized modern life. Discover what happens every time you hear a beep at the checkout.
I was inspired to make this video based upon an explanation of barcodes I found in a great book called Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software amzn.to/pR9MwK . I highly recommend it.
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I wish every educational video on youtube was like this. Brief yet comprehensive.
@PacoOtis
2 жыл бұрын
Perfect comment! If only they were!
@aaryashukla8404
2 жыл бұрын
Yes this channel is best
@paulshevyakov4542
10 ай бұрын
78u
@LeonSheeter
Ай бұрын
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.
Finally! Now I can get rid of my POS system and read the bar codes myself!
@mxmm744
9 жыл бұрын
ConnecticutEmporium Point of sale or piece of shit?
@m0llux
9 жыл бұрын
mxm m both, i guess
@melodysm
6 жыл бұрын
LOL I know this is a joke but you’d also have to memorize all of the manufacturing codes and the product numbers.
@moneybandzzzz4352
3 жыл бұрын
Finally! I know all the steps to shoplift!
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
9 жыл бұрын
Lmao awesome
@roarthemovie
6 жыл бұрын
You're going to bore a date to death on the first date???
@Lizzie-sp5dq
6 жыл бұрын
....and the last......😴
@MrJerzy624
5 жыл бұрын
Hey girl wanna learn about barcodes lmao!! that would def be an ice breaker kinda funny too
@abdelrahmanmagdy298
5 жыл бұрын
HAHAHA
Walmart Employer: "So... what's a skill you have?" Me: "I can understand barcodes."
@vasistamahadev
4 жыл бұрын
🤣
@zackdiarra4805
3 жыл бұрын
LOL
@EatsFancyFeast
3 жыл бұрын
hahahaha
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
9 ай бұрын
Way above my comprehension abilities. I got lost about a minute in and then my mind wanders about something I can comprehend.
Your voice should be on TV. Even when you say chicken soup it's interesting.
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!
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
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.
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.
Concise and straight to the point! Thank you for making us learn and saving our time.
This cashier is grateful for the lesson!
@lolgerman
5 жыл бұрын
Tobie Allen II same lmao
The most articulate explanation you can ever get in this world... Well done for Excellent videos.
Absolutely fantastic! You make it seem so simple!
Very nice and comprehensive way of giving a lesson. Thanks A LOT!
very clear, short, yet enough info to understand barcode system. Great!
Amazing, I learnt this is 5 mins. Wow, great informative video.
This is very useful lesson for me. Thanks to you I have made a project at my university!
every answer to every question I had about barcodes right here!! thanx really helpful!!!
@Like_Ike
7 жыл бұрын
THEPROGOLDLION hey lol
that was awesome! exactly what i was looking for for the last 2 hrs! thanks for breaking it down for us!!
@azeemahmad7116
2 жыл бұрын
I'm replying to a 9 year old comment.XD
Thanks a lot for such a brilliant lecture just in one lesson. Thanks again.
i work in a warehouse and im super glad to finally understand this
WOW!! I feel so enlightened!
Magnificent video tutorial. Very clear voice and wonderful illustrations. Thanks a lot :-) Subscribed.
I'll never see barcodes the same way ever again. Thank you!
Omg this is mindblown for me. Thank you very much! Old but gold video.
my scanner works on my phone, at least, and it really is Campbells Chicken Noodle soup. $1.29 apparently.
@IsaacComelli
8 жыл бұрын
+dukestt What a deal!
@deanmaize8113
6 жыл бұрын
dukestt. I saw that dude i was at Wal-Mart when I saw that
@tommydrown4378
4 жыл бұрын
🤣😂🤣
This really helped me in my college math class. Thank you! :)
@angeljose8591
2 жыл бұрын
how
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
Very elegant and clear presentation, thanks!!!
Up to now, i’ve come to know how barcodes work. Really interesting information.
Very good course to quickly understand how bar codes work.
It's unbelievable that all that happens in just one second when I beep my product in a store :0
i feel less dumb.
@biniamd6502
9 жыл бұрын
Same here;)
"do you know how barcodes work?" that would be a cool opener for that cute cashier :) LOL
@Dee-df3mo
2 жыл бұрын
I'm sure that cute cashier is on hour six of her shift and gives two fucks about how a bar code works lmao
Thankyou so much for this amazing explanation :)
Holy crap. That was way more than I could have imagined.
Thanks a lot because i have a presentation tomorrow on this topic.
You are really amazing You did this just in 4 minutes Thank you
This small video has everything and it was really easy to understand 😃
Dude your videos are awesome!!
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
that was freaking awesome
Very informative! Thanks a lot!
FABULOUS video!!!! Bravo. Request: Can you do a similar video for 2D Barcodes/QRCodes?
Very well explained; thanks for sharing!
That's help me understand and make my own DIY Barcode with MS-Excel, Thank you.
@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).
Thanks this lesson helped me alot.
The people that came up with this were way ahead of their time.
:( i wanted him to go into the tracking of items, very informative though! thanks!
@n40798 Yes, it is UPCA. UPCE takes in the same amount of data but produces an 8 digit barcode.
great, concise explanation!
Great job sir,thanks
Great videos hope to see more
Thanks for the lesson.
Best amongst the best....Too Good
You are awesome, this is also 1 lession: my-youtube-account + awesome lessions = subscribed
Quick and easy. Thanks
You are one damn good teacher man
Thank you for this lesson. Can you share the presentation you used?
This is awesome. Thanks so much.
Simply AWESOME!
Moooore video plz. This chanel could be in the top 10 edu channels on youtube!
straight to the point good video
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?
Finally a video that answers my shower thought about a barcode knowing if it is upside down. Thanks lol
AWSOME !!! very very nice explainde!! keep it up man!!!
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
excellent...no words
Thank you so much. I was able to create a program to generate a barcode
So helpfull!!!!!! I always wanted to know how it works.
That was great! Thank you
Thanks man for the video
My TaoHorse barcode scanner works great for 1D/2D barcodes, iPhone, PC, etc., finally know what happens, thanks:)
What a fantastic video! :D
thanks sir..Very easy n effectively explained..
Is it work with ought numerical digit? some barcode it seeing with numerical digit and some without digit!!
Great explanation. Why the channel stopped producing this type of videos?
Very good job.
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:
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?
What's happens when it's completely scratched off is it still readable like able to read what barcode was there last?
Did they come up with the codes on the left side and then inverted them to get those on the right or are the codes on the left side an inversion of the codes on the right?
wow what a fascinating video. kudos
well done Sir. Thank you.
Most efficient video on youtube
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!
nice work Sir
very well explained
Damn technology. You're smart. How does anyone know this?🤔🤣
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.
Fantastic!
Thank you very much ....
Interesting and informative video, thanks (y)
It's important to note that this is a UPC, there are many types of barcodes and they work differently than UPCs
I can now read barcodes without a scanner, thanks!
Which program did you use to create this video ? I need to do something similar for school and this would be exactly what I need....
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.
Really very useful Thank u