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Used to provide information in many different
situations,the bar code is seen most commonly
in the retail outlets of today.In the Super
Market the computerized information contained
on the bar code is read by reflected laser
light on the check-out reader and supplies
such information as the product price,the
size/weight and name of the product to,first,
the check-out operator in the production of
the customers bill and then on up the chain
to the Store's warehouse(for re-ordering
purposes)and so to the Supplier.
The hand-held units used by stockcheckers are
called EPOS(Electronic Point of Sale).