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Auto-ID
See Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC)
Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC)
The process of capturing or collecting data via automatic means (i.e., without a keyboard), such as RFID, bar code scanning, biometrics, smart cards, OCR or magnetic strips, and subsequently storing that data in a microprocessor-controlled device, such as a computer.
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Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
Enterprise Content Management (ECM) is the technologies used to capture, manage, store, preserve, and deliver content and documents related to organizational processes. ECM tools and strategies allow the management of an organization's unstructured information, wherever that information exists.
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
An industry term for the broad set of activities supported by multi-module application software that helps a manufacturer or other business manage the important parts of its business, including product planning, parts purchasing, maintaining inventories, interacting with suppliers, providing customer service, and tracking orders. ERP can also include application modules for the finance and human resources aspects of a business. Typically, an ERP system uses or is integrated with a relational database system. The deployment of an ERP system can involve considerable business process analysis, employee retraining, and new work procedures.
Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR)
An advanced OCR (optical character recognition) system that is able to read fonts and different styles of handwriting. Most ICR systems actively "learn" the characters during processing in order to improve accuracty and recognition levels.
Minimum Element Width
The narrowest nominal width unit of measure in a bar code. Also referred to as a module.
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Module
See Minimum Element Width
Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
refers to the process by which scanned images are electronically "read" to convert them into editable text. This conversion is performed after scanning, and may output formatted text or text-only files (flat ASCII files). Text generated by OCR is often input into text search databases, allowing retrieval of the original scanned image based on its content.
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Optical Mark Recognition (OMR)
the technology of electronically extracting intended data from marked fields, such as checkboxes and fill-infields, on printed forms. OMR technology scans a printed form and reads predefined positions and records where marks are made on the form. This technology is useful for applications in which large numbers of hand-filled forms need to be processed quickly and with great accuracy, such as surveys, reply cards, questionnaires and ballots. A common OMR application is the use of “bubble sheets” for multiple-choice tests used by schools. The student indicates the answer on the test by filling in the corresponding bubble, and the form is fed through an optical mark reader (also abbreviated as OMR, a device that scans the document and reads the data from the marked fields. The error rate for OMR technology is less than 1%.
Pixel (PIX [picture] ELement)
Generally, the smallest addressable unit on a display screen or bitmapped image. Screens are rated by their number of horizontal and vertical pixels; for example, 1024x768 means 1024 pixels are displayed in each row, and there are 768 rows (lines). Likewise, bitmapped images are sized in pixels: a 350x250 image has 350 pixels across and 250 down.
Pixel per Cell
See Pixel per Module
Pixel per Module
The number of pixels in an image that the width of one bar code module (smallest narrow element) occupies.
Portable Data Terminal (PDT)
A Portable Data Terminal, or PDT, is an electronic device that is used to enter or retrieve data via wireless transmission (WLAN or WWAN). They can be also serve as barcode readers, and they are used in large stores, warehouses, hospitals, etc, as well as GPRS enabled devices that allow the user to access a database from a remote location.
Print Contrast
A differential measurement of light reflectance between the image and background areas.
Scan Engine
A small, simple device capable of scanning bar codes that is often used in OEM applications such as PDT's.
Stacked Symbology
A stacked symbology is a bar code made up of multiple rows of bar code symbologies stacked on top of each other.
Warehouse Management System (WMS)
Software that integrates mechanical and human activities with an information system to effectively manage warehouse business processes and direct warehouse activities. These systems automate receiving, put away, picking, and shipping in warehouses and can prompt workers to do inventory cycle counts. Most support radio-frequency communications, allowing real-time data transfer between the system and warehouse personnel.
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