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usually not as tall as the primary barcode, is used

to encode additional information for newspapers,

books, and other periodicals.

Industrial 2 of 5 / IATA Older code not in common use.

Interleaved 2 of 5 Compact numeric code, widely used in industry,

air cargo, other applications.

Plessey / MSI Plessey: Older code commonly used for retail

shelf marking.

MSI: Variation of the Plessey code commonly

used in USA.

Code 11 Used primarily for labeling telecommunications

equipment.

Codabar / NW 7 Older code often used in library systems,

sometimes in blood ban.

Matrix 2 of 5 Used in miscellaneous industrial applications, and

mechanical numbering systems.

Type B. Alphanumeric Barcodes

Code 39 / Code32 General-purpose code in very wide use

world-wide.

Code 93 Compact code similar to Code 39.

Code 128 Very capable code, excellent density, high

reliability; in very wide use world-wide.

Type C. Others Barcodes

China Post Used by China Postal Service for automated mail

sorting.

Code 4 ---

GTIN Global Trade Identification Number

Korea Code 3 of 5 ---

UCC EAN-128 Widely used data formatting model for Code 128.