1.条码:
条形码是一种使用线条和空格存储数字数据的方法。它以计算机可读格式存储,可以由条形码扫描仪使用激光读取。它可以向前和向后读取。该技术在商店中用于跟踪所购买的物品。它也广泛用于其他领域,例如医院,邮政和汽车租赁业务。
扫描到GeeksforGeeks的条形码
2.近场通信(NFC):
NFC或近场通信是在距离最近1.5英寸或4厘米的两个设备之间进行通信的一种方式。它是由Phillips和Sony在2002年开发的。它用于无现金支付,移动支付,身份证,钥匙卡等。
扬声器上的NFC
条形码和NFC之间的区别:
S.No. | Barcode | NFC |
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1. | It was developed in 1952. | It was developed in 2002. |
2. | It was developed by Norman Joseph Woodland. | It was developed by Franz Amtmann and Philippe Mangars. |
3. | It is of 2 types, 1 dimentional and 2 dimentional. | It is only of 1 type. |
4. | It is a way of storing numbers in a printed and computer understandable format. | It is a communication protocol for communication between devices (electronic) within a distance of 4cm. |
5. | It is used at stores for tracking all purchased items, in hospitals for tracking the records of patients, in rental cars business and tracking of airline luggage, mails and nuclear waste. | It is used as identity cards, as key cards and as a method of contactless payments and mobile payments in various sectors such as retail, automobile, cinema etc. |
6. | It is based on Morse Code technology. | It is based on inductive coupling between antennas of the devices. |
7. | It requires line of sight. | It requires proximity (distance between the devices must be less than 4 centimetres, hence the name, Near field). |
8. | Only one barcode is examined at once. | Only one NFC is examined at once. |