This pair of text characters contained in an REP file indicate the formatting to be applied to this particular track/fix/annotation, although they can be over-ridden once the data is open in Debrief
Similar to Morse Code that encodes characters in DOTS & DASHES, numbers, letters, and computer-recognized characters can be represented in a combination of bars and spaces The rules for encoding the characters in wide and narrow bars and spaces are called a symbology
Machine-readable languages which represent numeric, alphanumeric or special characters using bar/space patterns to encode data
A defined method of representing numeric or alphabetic digits using bars and spaces that are easily scanned by computer systems A specific type of bar code
The conventions, or rules, which govern the formation of characters and strings of characters in a bar codes The language of the bar codes symbol There are many types orf codes used today
A computer readable language, which express numbers and/or letters in a form which computers can read easily Can be considered to be a language which the computer is capable of understanding
{i} study of symbols; use of symbols, art of representing by symbols; symbolism, expression of an idea by means of symbols (as in art, literature, etc.); system of symbols; symbols as a group