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Subject:Re: Is it Barcode or bar code From:"Williams, Diane (contractor)" <Williams_Diane -at- DOTE -dot- OSD -dot- MIL> Date:Wed, 3 Sep 1997 14:58:26 -0400
Webster's New World Dictionary of Media and Communications (1996) has
"bar code" in it's main listing but also says: "Current usage includes
barcode as one word."
So, pick one and use it consistently. It will eventually evolve into one
word anyway, I imagine.
~~Diane
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