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IBM's 100th Birthday: 10 Top Presents From IBM To Us

By Joseph F. Kovar CRN
6:20 PM ET Thu. Jun. 16, 2011
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Barcodes

IBM developed the UPC (universal product code) barcodes, along with the required scanners, in 1973 in response to requirements by the supermarket industry for a faster way to manage inventory.

Actually, barcodes were invented in 1949. But it took the introduction of low-cost lasers to enable IBM to develop a scanner which could take advantage of the barcodes.

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