What can you do with a QR code?

You've likely used a QR code to view a menu, link a social profile or add friends to an account, board a flight, download an app, send and receive payments, access Wi-Fi, and authenticate your login details. The possibilities with QR codes are truly endless.

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What makes up a QR code?

Visually, a QR code looks like a twisted crossword puzzle, but its design is crucial to its function. Here are some of its most important elements.

  • Position detection markers: The prominent squares located in three corners of each code offer easier recognition and assist with reading the QR code at high speed.
  • Alignment markers: These help straighten out codes placed on curved surfaces. It's smaller than a position detection marker but will become larger the more information a QR code holds.
  • Timing pattern: The black and white alternating modules configure the data grid and help the scanner calculate how large the data matrix is.
  • Version information: This determines which of the 40 different QR code versions is being used, with the most common versions being 1 to 7.
  • Format information: This pattern holds information about the data mask pattern and error tolerance of the code, making it easier to scan.
  • Data and error correction keys: The error correction function shares a structural space where all the data in a QR code is contained. This correction block's mechanism is essential to allowing up to 30% of a code being read if damaged.
  • Quiet Zone: This white space can be seen as the border of a QR code to help improve comprehension for scanning and provide structure. It determines what is and isn't part of the code.