Ad Hoc Committee

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    Also known as:
    
    Symbol Selection Committee
    
  

  

  
  
The 1970s grocery industry committee that selected the UPC barcode standard from competing proposals.


  



  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

    
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      First UPC Scan
      
      IBM and Barcodes
      
    

  

  
  

  
  
  

    
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