QR code

See also: QR-Code

English

a QR code for the URL of the corresponding Wiktionary entry

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Etymology

Short for Quick Response Code, introduced as a trademark.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

QR code (plural QR codes)

  1. A type of two-dimensional barcode, typically used to link to a website.
    • 2023 December 13, “Network News: £13,000 stolen via car park QR”, in RAIL, number 998, page 11:
      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.
    • 2025 January 28, Jack Guy, “Tiny QR codes help scientists track bee movements”, in CNN‎[1], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 8 March 2025:
      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.

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