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1cash register — a business machine that indicates to customers the amounts of individual sales, has a money drawer from which to make change, records and totals receipts, and may automatically calculate the change due. Also called sales register. [1875 80,… …
2Automated teller machine — cash machine redirects here. For the Hard Fi song, see Cash Machine. An NCR Personas 75 Series interior, multi function ATM in the United States …
3Retail loss prevention — (in some retailers known as Asset Protection) is a form of private investigation into larceny or theft. The focus of such investigations generally includes shoplifting, package pilferage, embezzlement, credit fraud, and check fraud. Loss… …
4computer — computerlike, adj. /keuhm pyooh teuhr/, n. 1. Also called processor. an electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Cf. analog… …
5Barcode — For the taxonomic method, see DNA barcoding. A UPC A barcode symbol A barcode is an optical machine readable representation of data, which shows data about the object to which it attaches. Originally barcodes represented data by varying the… …
6automation — /aw teuh may sheuhn/, n. 1. the technique, method, or system of operating or controlling a process by highly automatic means, as by electronic devices, reducing human intervention to a minimum. 2. a mechanical device, operated electronically,… …
7Sharp Corporation — Infobox Company company name = Sharp Corporation シャープ株式会社 company type = Corporation (tyo|6753, LuxSE|SRP) company foundation = Tokyo, Japan (1912) location city = flagicon|JPN Osaka location country = Japan key people = Mikio Katayama, President …
8Reel-to-reel audio tape recording — Reel to reel redirects here. For the music group, see Reel 2 Real. For other uses, see roll to roll processing. A reel to reel tape recorder (Sony TC 630), typical of those which were once common audiophile objects. Note the distinctive Scotch… …
9Self checkout — NCR FastLane self checkout at an IKEA store. Self checkout machines provide a mechanism for customers to pay for purchases from a retailer without direct input to the process by the retailer s staff. They are an alternative to the traditional… …
10Timeline of historic inventions — The timeline of historic inventions is a chronological list of particularly important or significant technological inventions. Note: Dates for inventions are often controversial. Inventions are often invented by several inventors around the same… …
