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Barcode Tattoo Meanings - A barcode is a system of inventory control and price checking that operates by using an optical scanner to read a series of vertical lines on a product. The system was invented and first used in the 1950's and was designed as a way to increase industrial efficiency and worker productivity. Within a very short period of time the use of barcodes became nearly ubiquitous - they were everywhere and on nearly everything. Every time you through the line up in a grocery store or go shopping in the mall, chances are your purchases were rung up by reading the bar codes on the product or the price-tag.

Lots of punk music enthusiasts embraced the barcode tattoo, as well as the symbol for anarchy.

Recently, researchers have placed tiny barcodes on individual bees to track the insects' mating habits.

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