QR code


Trademark.

a matrix bar code that is read by photographing it with the camera of a smartphone or other mobile device that is equipped with a bar-code reader: Scan the QR code in our print ads to link to special offers on our website.

Origin of QR code

First recorded in 1990–95; abbreviation of quick-response code

British Dictionary definitions for qr code

QR Code

noun

trademark a type of bar code that can be read both horizontally and vertically, allowing large amounts of information to be encoded in it

Word Origin for QR Code

C20: Q ( uick) R ( esponse)