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QR code en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Short for Quick Response Code, introduced as a trademark.

Meanings

1. A type of two-dimensional barcode, typically used to link to a website.
   • TransPennine Express has removed all QR codes from its 71 car parks after scammers covered up a genuine code sticker with a false one and stole £13,000 from a woman's bank account. 2023 December 13, “Network News: £13,000 stolen via car park QR”, in RAIL, number 998, page 11:
   • New insights into bee movements and life cycles have been uncovered after researchers tracked the insects using tiny QR codes glued onto their backs. […] The team, made up of entomologists and electrical engineers, attached AprilTags, a kind of QR code that is smaller than the nail on your little finger, to the bees using glue. 2025 January 28, Jack Guy, “Tiny QR codes help scientists track bee movements”, in CNN, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2025:

Forms

Deriveds

quishing

Translations (68)

ka QR კოდი (2-D barcode) · fa کیوآر کد (2-D barcode) · it codice QR (2-D barcode) · cmn QR碼 /QR码 (2-D barcode) · az QR kodu (2-D barcode) · tr QR kodu (2-D barcode) · ar رَمْز رَدّ سَرِيع (2-D barcode) · uk QR-ко́д (2-D barcode) · za songveizmax (2-D barcode) · bg QR ко́д (2-D barcode) · fr QR code (2-D barcode) · ca codi QR (2-D barcode) · fi ruutukoodi (2-D barcode) · id kode QR (2-D barcode) · ko QR 코드 (2-D barcode) · fi QR-koodi (2-D barcode) · sv QR-kod (2-D barcode) · fr code QR (2-D barcode) · he קוֹד QR (2-D barcode) · no QR-kod (2-D barcode) · eo rapidresponda kodo (2-D barcode) · fr code à barres matriciel (2-D barcode) · ro cod QR (2-D barcode) · ur کیو آر کوڈ (2-D barcode) · da QR-kode (2-D barcode) · bn QR কোড (2-D barcode) · hu QR-kód (2-D barcode) · es código QR (2-D barcode) · el κώδικας QR (2-D barcode) · za wveizmax (2-D barcode) · lv QR kods (2-D barcode) · cmn 二維碼 /二维码 (2-D barcode) · hy QR-կոդ (2-D barcode) · ar رَمْز QR (2-D barcode) · vi mã quét hai chiều (2-D barcode) · fa QR کد (2-D barcode) · cs QR kód (2-D barcode) · ar رَمْز إِسْتِجَابَة سَرِيعَة (2-D barcode) · et QR-kood (2-D barcode) · vi mã hai chiều (2-D barcode) · vi mã QR (2-D barcode) · eo QR-kodo (2-D barcode) · lv kvadrātkods (2-D barcode) · hi QR कोड (2-D barcode) · ka QR-კოდი (2-D barcode) · lt QR kodas (2-D barcode) · sk QR kód (2-D barcode) · ar رَمْز مُرَبَّع (2-D barcode) · ru QR-ко́д (2-D barcode) · de QR-Code (2-D barcode) · yue QR code (kiu¹ aau¹ kuk¹) (2-D barcode) · nl QR-code (2-D barcode) · pt QR code (2-D barcode) · hi क्यूआर कोड (2-D barcode) · pl kod QR (2-D barcode) · de Schnellantwortkode (2-D barcode) · th รหัสคิวอาร์ (2-D barcode) · ur QR کوڈ (2-D barcode) · ja QRコード (2-D barcode) · et ruutkood (2-D barcode) · id kode respons cepat (2-D barcode) · pt código QR (2-D barcode) · th รหัส QR (2-D barcode) · be QR-ко́д (2-D barcode) · yue 二維碼 /二维码 (2-D barcode) · wuu 兩維碼 /两维码 (2-D barcode) · tr karekod (2-D barcode) · bn কিউআর কোড (2-D barcode)