Symbol Technologies DS 3408 User Manual

Automatic Identification Manufacturers, Inc. is the trade association for 
manufacturers of automatic identification systems. 

A character set that contains letters, numbers and other characters such as 
special symbols.

The opening in an optical system defined by a lens or baffle that establishes 
the field of view.

American Standard Code for Information Interchange. 
A 7-bit-plus-parity code representing 128 letters, numerals, punctuation marks, 
and control characters. It is a standard data transmission code in the U.S.

The ratio of symbol height to symbol length in a 2-dimensional symbol.

The ability of an interface controller to determine the code type of a scanned 
bar code. After this determination is made, the information content is decoded.

The application of various technologies, such as bar code recognition, image 
recognition, voice recognition and RF/MW transponders, for the purpose of 
data entry into a data processing system and bypassing the key-entry 
component of traditional data entry.

The area surrounding a printed symbol including the spaces and quiet zones.

The dark element in a printed bar code symbol.

An array of parallel rectangular bars and spaces arranged according to the 
encodation rules of a particular symbol specification in order to represent data 
in machine-readable form (i.e., Code 39).

A single group of bars and spaces which represent an individual number, letter, 
punctuation mark or other symbol.