Tool to generate a QR-Code. QR code is a 2D barcode standard made of black and white squares, recognizable with three smaller squares in its angles.
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QR Code
QR Code Generator
Tool to generate a QR-Code. QR code is a 2D barcode standard made of black and white squares, recognizable with three smaller squares in its angles.
Answers to Questions
How to create a QR code?
Encryption of data in a QR code uses the ISO norm 18004:2015 (QRCode).
Example: 
How to decrypt a QR Code?
To read QR-Code, a quick and free solution is mobile phone. It exists a bunch of applications, such as Google Goggles here (link) or Google Lens here (link) (which has plenty of other use)
Without smartphone, on Internet :
Example: X-Zing takes a URL or an image to decode barcodes here (link)
Online Bar Code Reader, another universal tool not limited to QR code here (link)
How to recognize a QR Code?
The 2D bar code has generally 3 black squares in the corners and a matrix of black and white dots.
What does QR means in QR Code?
QR stands for Quick Response.
What are the variants of QR Code?
The center of the QR-Code is sometimes non-coding and therefore used to incorporate a logo. Otherwise, there are many other 2D barcodes like DataMatrix (FlashCode), Aztec, PDF 417, etc.
When QR code have been invented?
First QR codes have been published in Japan in 1999.
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