'QR' stands for Quick Response, referring to a type of barcode developed in 1994 that encodes information in a square grid format. QR codes gained popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic and can be categorized into static and dynamic types, each with distinct features regarding data editing and tracking. Scanning a QR code typically involves using a smartphone camera or dedicated app to capture and decode the information contained within.

1. What Does "QR"
Mean in QR Codes?
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2. 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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3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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?

8. 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

9. Scan QR code on Android

10. Scan QR code on iOS

11. 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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