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Beep! Beep! Beep! The barcode(条形码)technology makes it faster and easier to buy things in stores. You have probably seen the black-and-white barcode on ___(1)___ (product) packaging(外包装). In 2022, the great invention is 51 years old.
In 1971, an IBM engineer named George Laurer ___(2)___ (come) up with a code(代码)that could be printed on food packages. Then, a complete code system(系统), the barcode was formed later. The system was used by many ___(3)___ (company) from 1973. Before this, shopkeepers had to ___(4)___ (record) prices by hand which took much time and energy.
Actually, a barcode is ___(5)___ (real) a simple idea: show each product’s information in different numbers(just like the ID card number), then ___(6)___ (include) these numbers into a code and print it for computers to read. Today, barcodes are scanned(扫描)over six billion times every day and used by two ___(7)___ (million) companies.
What information does a barcode carry? Where the product comes from, ___(8)___ (it) price, production date…It can also help stores always ___(9)___ (know) about their products. For example, if there are 10 boxes of milk and a customer buys one, it will be recorded so that the store owner knows there are nine boxes _____(10)_____ (leave) on the shelf. In the 1980s, libraries started to use barcodes to follow their books in this way.