What Does "QR"
Mean in QR Codes?
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What Does QR Mean In QR Codes?
History of QR Codes
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How Do QR Codes Work?
What are the Types of QR Codes?
How to Scan QR Codes?
QR Codes vs. Barcodes
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What Does QR
Mean In QR
Codes?
"QR" stands for Quick Response
It's a form of barcode that holds
information as a series of pixels in a
square-shaped grid

History of QR Codes
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Created in 1994 by
Masahiro Hara
Apple added a QR reader
to its phones in 2017
Become popular during
Covid 19 pandemic

How Do QR Codes Work?
Black & white squares
represent "one bit," encoding
different characters into the
text
Aligned with 3 large squares,
allowing them to be
scanned in any direction

Static QR code Dynamic QR code
Cannot edit & update Can edit & update
Large & dense Small & lightweight
Limit to data can be kept Support many URL directories
Cannot view QR analytics
Can view QR analytics data as the QR code
scans are trackable
What are the Types of
QR Codes?

How to Scan
QR Codes?
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Launch your
smartphone's
camera or the QR
reader app
Point it at the
QR code If the code contains
contact information,
your phone will
display on the
screen

Scan QR code on Android

Scan QR code on iOS

QR Codes vs.
Barcodes
Barcodes use a combination of
parallel lines of varying widths to
convey data
Barcodes can be read by
machines equipped with an
optical scanner

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