WOW.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. WhatsApp - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhatsApp

    WhatsApp Web's user interface is based on the default Android one and can be accessed through web.whatsapp.com. Access is granted after the users scan their personal QR code through their mobile WhatsApp application. There are similar solutions for macOS, such as the open-source ChitChat, previously known as WhatsMac.

  3. QR code - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code

    Whereas a barcode is a machine-readable optical image that contains information specific to the labelled item, the QR code contains the data for a locator, an identifier, and for web-tracking. To efficiently store data, QR codes use four standardized modes of encoding: (i) numeric, (ii) alphanumeric, (iii) byte or binary, and (iv) kanji . [4]

  4. Reception and criticism of WhatsApp security and privacy ...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reception_and_criticism_of...

    WhatsApp launches WhatsApp Web, a web client which can be used through a web browser by syncing with the mobile device's connection. Jan 21, 2015: WhatsApp announces its policy on cracking down on 3rd-party clients, including WhatsApp+. Users would not be able to use WhatsApp’s services at all until the third-party apps are uninstalled.

  5. Barcode - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode

    A barcode or bar code is a method of representing data in a visual, machine-readable form. Initially, barcodes represented data by varying the widths, spacings and sizes of parallel lines. These barcodes, now commonly referred to as linear or one-dimensional (1D), can be scanned by special optical scanners, called barcode readers, of which ...

  6. Barcode reader - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode_reader

    Barcode reader. A stationary barcode scanner for a conveyor line. A barcode reader or barcode scanner is an optical scanner that can read printed barcodes and send the data they contain to computer. [1] Like a flatbed scanner, it consists of a light source, a lens, and a light sensor for translating optical impulses into electrical signals.

  7. Mobile tagging - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_tagging

    Mobile tagging. Mobile tagging is the process of providing data read from tags for display on mobile devices, commonly encoded in a two-dimensional barcode, using the camera of a camera phone as the reader device. The contents of the tag code is usually a URL for information addressed and accessible through Internet. the mobile tagging process.

  8. Barcode technology in healthcare - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode_technology_in...

    Barcode technology in healthcare. Barcode technology in healthcare is the use of optical machine-readable representation of data in a hospital or healthcare setting. Dating back to the 1970s, there has been a continual effort among healthcare settings to adopt barcode technology. [1] In the early 2000s, published reports began to illustrate ...

  9. International Article Number - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Article_Number

    By using the barcode center marker, it is possible for a barcode scanner to scan just one half of the barcode at a time. This allows reconstruction of the code by means of a helical scan of the barcode by an angle of approximately 45 degrees. Japanese Article Number. Japanese Article Number (JAN) is a barcode standard compatible with the EAN ...