(Ticaret) (European Article Number) A superset of the Universal Product Code that includes the base UPC code and two or three additional characters that indicate the country that issued the number (not necessarily the country of origin for that product)
EAN is a voluntary, non-profit standards development association active in numbering, bar coding, and EDI messages for products, services, utilities, and transport units and locations The EAN system is fully compatible with the Universal Product Code (UPC)
(noun) The international bar code standard that is used in the retail market place In the United States and Canada, the UPC code is the accepted standard
European Article numbering, now also called IAN (International Article Numbering); the international standard bar code for retail food packages corresponding to the Universal product Code (UPC) in the United States UPC is a subset of IAN If a reader is equipped to read EAN, UPC can also be decoded, but a reader equipped to read UPC may be unable to decode EAN
The European Article Number Organization EAN is the equivalent of the UCC outside of North America EAN works in cooperation with the UCC administrators and the UCC/EAN system The UCC/EAN system consists of product and serialized identification codes, Application Identifiers and associated symbologies
European Article Numbering System, the international standard bar code for retail food packages
European Article Number A European / International version of UPC that is used primarily in retail applications In this symbology, the elements are defined in metric units (see also Barcode Symbologies)
Abbreviation for EAN International Also used to refer to the bar code symbology used for marking of consumer products in accordance with this body's specifications Go to the Uniform Code Council web site for more information
(noun suffix.) -an and -ian from Middle English -an, -ian, from Old French and Latin; Old French -ien, from Latin -ianus, from -i- + -anus, from -anus, adjective suffix; -ean from such words as Mediterranean, European.