Universal Product Code

barcode symbology used for tracking trade items in stores
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Universal Product Code
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Universal Product Code

Summary

Universal Product Code ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (569 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Universal Product Code is credited with the discovery of George Laurer[2].
  • Universal Product Code's image is recorded as UPC-A-036000291452.svg[3].
  • Universal Product Code's subclass of is recorded as linear barcode[4].
  • Universal Product Code's Commons category is recorded as Universal Product Code[5].
  • Universal Product Code's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0f1yc[6].
  • Universal Product Code's MathWorld ID is recorded as UPC[7].
  • Universal Product Code's Quora topic ID is recorded as UPC-Codes-1[8].
  • Universal Product Code's Quora topic ID is recorded as Universal-Product-Code-UPC[9].
  • Universal Product Code's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as universal-product-code[10].
  • Universal Product Code's LC and MARC vocabularies ID is recorded as identifiers/upc[11].
  • Universal Product Code's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[12].
  • Universal Product Code's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 100773728[13].
  • Universal Product Code's GitHub topic is recorded as upc[14].
  • Universal Product Code's ODLIS ID is recorded as u.aspx#upc[15].
  • Universal Product Code's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as agricultural-and-biological-sciences/universal-product-codes[16].

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Works and Contributions

Universal Product Code is credited with the discovery of George Laurer[2].

Why It Matters

Universal Product Code ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (569 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Universal Product Code. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/universal-product-code
MLA “Universal Product Code.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/universal-product-code.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_universal-product-code_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Universal Product Code}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/universal-product-code}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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