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Standard 2 of 5 (Industrial)

Early warehouse sorting, airline tickets, photo processing

One of the oldest barcodes: information is only in the bars, two of every five wide, and the spaces are all narrow. Simple to print but very wide.

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At a glance

Introduced
1960s
Created by
Identicon Corporation
Characters
Digits 0–9
Length
Variable
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Optional Mod 10
Capacity
Limited by width

Example: 12345670

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