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Terminology
AUR720
The handheld UHF reader.
EAN
One of GS1 Barcodes, contains EAN-8 and EAN-13 which supports GTIN-8 and
GTIN-13 separately.
EPC
Electronic product code
EPC PC
The PC field I EPC memory bank.
EPC ID
The EPC field in EPC memory bank
GS1
Global Standard One.
GS1 is a not-for-profit organization that develops and
maintains global standards for business communication.
GS1 Barcodes
The barcodes that are issued and managed by GS1.
GTIN
Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) can be used by a company to uniquely identify
all of its trade items. GS1 defines trade items as products or service
PC
Protocol control
RF
Radio frequency
RFID
Radio-frequency identification
SGTIN
The EPC schema to encode a GTIN is the SGTIN which consists of the GTIN plus a
unique product or serial
number.
TID
Tag-identification or Tag identifier, depending on context
UHF
Ultra High Frequency
UPC
One of GS1 Barcodes, contains UPC-E and UPC-A which supports GTIN-8 and
GTIN-12 separately.
