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Fast or quick
Accurate
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The disadvantages:
Cannot be used to read text directly because only numbers can be coded.
Bar codes are relatively fixed and therefore unsuitable for recording items whose detail keep on changing.
Bar codes can only be read and interpreted by machines but not our naked eyes.
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