ASTM F1156-94

Terminology Relating to Product Counterfeit Protection Systems (Withdrawn 2001)

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 31-Dec-1993
• Withdrawal Date: 09-Apr-2001
• ICS: 03.140 - Patents. Intellectual property
• Technical Committee: F12 - Security Systems and Equipment
• Drafting Committee: F12.60 - Controlled Access Security, Search, and Screening Equipment

Relations

• Referred By: ASTM E1476-04(2022) - Standard Guide for Metals Identification, Grade Verification, and Sorting
• Effective Date: 01-Jan-1994
• Referred By: ASTM E1605-22 - Standard Terminology Relating to Lead in Buildings
• Effective Date: 01-Jan-1994

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: F 1156 – 94
Standard Terminology Relating to
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Product Counterfeit Protection Systems
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 1156; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
absorption spectroscopy—See emission spectroscopy. Ames—discrete, self-checking numeric bar code symbology
activation analysis—method of chemical analysis involving similar to Codabar
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creation of a radio-active isotope that can be identified by Codabar —bar code symbology with 4 bars and 3 spaces per
determining the nature of its radiative emission. numeric (or control) character, 16 in all; self-checking, very
activation time—time between the application of a stimulus good accuracy rate.
and the onset of the response to it. Code2of5—bar code, numeric with control symbols; 2 wide
additive color theory—the three primary colors of this theory bars and 3 narrow ones; binary display, bars only.
are red, green, and yellow; when mixed together in the Code 2 of 5 matrix—bar code with 10 digits and start/stop;
proper proportions, they create white by the addition of the similar to Code 11; 1-modulo, 10 check digit; subject to
substitution errors.
color elements, not black as would happen with the mixing
of the three subtractive primaries: magenta, cyan, and Code3of9—also known as Code 39; bar code symbology
yellow. using 3 wide bars or spaces (2 bars, 1 space) interspersed
Aiken code—two-phase self-clocking code based upon the with 6 narrow bars or spaces in an interleaved grouping of 44
assumption of a predetermined flux reversal for every bit alphanumeric and control characters; both bars and spaces
space such that a reversal between two consecutive clock are used to convey information; self-checking system offers
cycles is treated as one, and no reversal is a zero. substitution error rates calculated to be less than 1 in
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Algorithm—a computational methodology or rule, typically a (1)0 3 10 .
mathematical formula that is applied to a given data set, in Code 11—bar code symbology for high density numeric uses
order to produce a related, secure data set, that is, encryption. with 11 characters, no self-checking; uses 3 bars and 2
alphanumeric—print set containing both alphabetic and nu- spaces—one of each is wide.
meric characters. Code 39—See Code3of9
alteration—the modification of a document or article with the Code 93—very high density alphanumeric bar code symbol-
intent that it will pass as genuine with minimum risk of ogy, similar to Code 39, continuous, not self-checking.
detection in circumstances of ordinary use. Code 128—128-character bar code symbology, high density,
Ames bar code—See bar code. similar to UPC (see UPC); not self-checking; continuous; 3
angle (normal)—perpendicular to the surface described. bars, 3 spaces in 11-module character.
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angle of acceptance—widest angle off the normal at which a Delta Distance —bar code symbology of discrete extended
light ray, etc., may enter an aperture and still be detected by 16-character numeric code using 6 narrow bars with variable
the sensor. width spaces between them.
ANSI—American National Standards Institute. EAN—bar code symbology, European Article Numbering;
associative counterfeit—illegal use of a name or product fully compatible with UPC (Universal Product Code), using
shape that differs from the original product but that the 7 modules of 2 bars and 2 spaces each; self-checking.
consumer will associate with the original. Interleavened 2 of 5—bar code symbology based on Code 2
authenticate—to prove a document or article to be genuine or of 5, except that the spaces also contribute to the information
as represented. content.
bar code—an array of rectagular lines and spaces that are Nixdorf—a computer manufacturer Nixdorf’s bar code sym-
arranged in a predetermined pattern following unambiguous bology using 3 bars of 3 different widths and 2 spaces; likely
rules and representing data that are referred to as characters. to be superceded by the EAN code.
bar code: Plessey—proprietary bar code symbology using 4 bars and the
adjacent spaces; wide bar followed by narrow spaces are 1
bits and narrow bars followed by wide spaces are 0 bits; also
known as a pulse-width modulated code, or an Anker code
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These terms are under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F-12 on Security
Systems and Equipmentand are the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F 12.30on
Anti-counterfeiting Systems.
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Current edition approved July 15, 1994. Published September 1994. Originally The bar code “Codabar” is used by Federal Express.
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published as F 1156 – 88. Las
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