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Add-on Version

6-digit symbol, appended after the symbol of UCC case code, or Standard Symbology for Physical Distribution, and indicates the weight of content.

A. I.

A.I. is a numeric prefix to a UCC/EAN-128 code that defines the encoded data to follow. These are generally used as secondary codes to provide information not included in standard U.P.C. numbering, such as product dates, weights and lot/batch numbers. It may also identify a UCC serial shipping container code.

In the supplementary code for UCC/EAN-128, with the various combinations, A.I. represents specific information about the contents with in a package.

EAN-128 is usually used in combination with the UPC CASECODE. It can be used alone on a standard carton ID.

Algorithm

A formal set of instructions that can be followed to perform a specific task, such as a mathematical formula or a set of instructions in a computer program.

Alphanumeric

The character set which contains letters, numbers and usually other characters such as special symbols.

Analog

A way of sending data in which the signal is similar, or analogous, to the original signal.

Anamorphosis

A distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner.

ANSI

American National Standard Institute. The United States group that approves US standards, including standards for computers and communications. ANSI is a member of the International Standardization Organization, ISO.

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange.

This is the standard for the code numbers used by computers to represent all the upper and lower-case Latin letters, numbers, punctuation, etc. There are 128 standard ASCII codes each of which can be represented by a 7 digit binary number: 0000000 through 1111111, plus parity. This is very useful for information processing on the computer, and has standardized for a information exchange code, by ANSI.

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