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Barcodes Vs. RFID and What are the Differences & Benefits?

RFID and Barcode are two different technologies.In many circumstances, RFID offers advantages over traditional bar codes. They have different applications, which sometimes overlap.The big difference between the two is that barcodes are line-of-sight technology. Radio-Frequency Identification Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is the wireless use of electromagnetic fields to transfer data, for the purposes of automatically identifying and tracking tags attached to objects. The tags contain electronically stored information. An RFID system has readers and tags that communicate with each other by radio waves. Barcode A barcode is a visual representation of data that is scanned and interpreted for information. Each barcode contains a certain code which works as a tracking technology for products; and is represented in a sequence of lines or other shapes. A barcode is read by an optical device such as a scanner. With an RFID system, you could see improvements in your bu