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Do you know about the history of standard 2 or 5 barcodes? History is as follows: The code 2 of 5 barcode was developed by Intermec Corporation in 1960s with low-cost alternative option to the other barcoding system that were available in that era. 2 of 5 barcode was initially designed to usein manufacturing industry to track the status of resources and finished goods or products.In its development, the Standard 2 of 5 barcode has become widely adopted in many industries, such as healthcare, logistics, and retail. Standard 2 of 5 barcode has been used by new barcode technologies like Code 128 and GS1-128, it is still used in many applications by its simplicity and small size. Structure of industrial 2 of 5 barcodes: Standard 2 of 5 barcode creates a pattern of a series of wide and narrow bars, with each character represents by a unique five bars. Barcode comes with self-checking function, that means 2 of 5 labels contain redundancy to read correctly by itself. Code 25 barcode label can encode numeric data only, with each character represents by two bars and three spaces. Two bars in each character can be wide or narrow, with the width of the bars and spaces considered by the symbology that used.The Standard 2 of 5 barcode has many different variations, such asinterleaved 2 of 5 and matrix 2 of 5. Interleaved 2 of 5 is a variation that allows the encoding of even number of digits, as wellmatrix 2 of 5 is a variation that allows the encoding of both numeric as well as alphabetic characters. Applications of standard 2 of 5 barcode labels: Inventory tracking:2 of 5 barcodes are used to track inventory in warehouses and distribution. Labels can print directly on the product or goods packaging to help in accurate tracking and inventory management. Healthcare industry: Industrial 2 of 5 barcodes used in healthcare industry to track patient information and medical resource.