| A NGO working for introduction of global standards for the format of an electronic product code to replace the barcode.A non-government organization
introducing the standard on the format of an electronic product code. It is run by EAN and Uniform Code Coucil – the leading organizations in the area of barcodes. Members are many retail chains, producers and governments. |
- Electronic Article Surveillance - EAS
| One of the most widely used RFID technologies, used extensively in retail facilities for prevention of thefts. It is based on simple tags which contain no unique information and have only two states: active and deactivated. Passing by an antenna with an active tag triggers a sound and light alarm that warns of potential theft. |
- Electronic Product Code – EPC
| A unique code of products introduced by EPCGlobal for identification of each individual product. The code is embedded in a RFID tag and the information about the product cn be found on the Internet. The most likely replacement of the barcode. |
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