Glossary — Letter A
Glossary terms starting with the letter A.
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Add-on Version A 6-digit symbol appended to a UCC case code or Standard Symbology for Physical Distribution symbol, indicating the weight of the content. A. I. <Application Identifier> A supplementary code in UCC/EAN-128, 2-3 digits long, that identifies the type of data that follows — for example, indicating that the following code represents a manufacture date, lot number, etc. Algorithm A clearly defined set of rules and procedures for solving a problem by computer. Alphanumeric Consisting of both alphabetic and numeric characters. Analog A physical quantity that varies continuously. Anamorphosis Pre-shrinking a symbol in the circumferential direction before it is applied to a plate with thickness mounted on a cylinder (such as a flexo plate), to compensate for the radial stretch that occurs during printing. ANSI American National Standards Institute. ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A code originally used for transmitting information to remote teletype or telex machines. It is widely used for information processing on computers and has been standardized as an information interchange code by ANSI. |
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