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Barcode
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MICR
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RTGS
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Detailed explanation-1: -He is known as the co-inventor of the barcode as he developed the Universal Product Code (UPC).
Detailed explanation-2: -It was while working as an electrical engineer with IBM that George Laurer fully developed the Universal Product Code (UPC), or barcode. He developed a scanner that could read codes digitally. He also used stripes rather than circles that were not practical to print.
Detailed explanation-3: -George Joseph Laurer, who revolutionized check-out lines across the world by creating the universal bar code, died earlier this month at his home in Wendell. He was 94. Laurer helped create the Universal Product Code (UPC) while working at IBM’s office in Research Triangle Park.
Detailed explanation-4: -Their two-year effort resulted in the announcement of the Universal Product Code and the U.P.C. bar code symbol on April 1, 1973. The U.P.C. made its first commercial appearance on a package of Wrigley’s gum sold in Marsh’s Supermarket in Troy, Ohio in June 1974.