What does PDF stand for?

Portable Data File (common but incorrect)

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Information technology (IT) and computers

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Samples in periodicals archive:

6 mil Data Matrix codes, or scanning of portable data files contained within a symbol.

Intermec's Fastest 2D Symbology Scanner Now Offers Even More; ...

PDF417, which serves as a portable data file, stores alpha, numeric or ASCII-encoded data in compact symbols and provides low-cost, direct access to large sources of information.

Symbol Technologies Wireless Mobile Computing Solutions Extend ...

Because of the ability to encode large amounts of data, 2-D bar codes can become portable data files - hence "PDF.

Siemens Subsidiary, CGK, Selects GGX AutoPilot Technology; Fast, ...

In the Firefly system, each item to be tracked is affixed with a Firefly wireless tag that contains portable data files with multiple read/write capability.

WiData Announces WiData Firefly -- Wireless Resource Management ...

These informational components are attached to the check as an encrypted portable data file which, through NeoMedia's software, unlocks its information at the point of capture, acceptance or encashment without having to refer to an external database for confirmation.

US Check To Deploy NeoMedia Software To Combat $12 Billion Check ...

Long Island-based Symbol, the world leader in bar code-driven data transaction systems, worked with New York State officials on the project to encode the reverse side of the licenses and non-driver identification cards in what the company calls portable data file (PDF417) bar code symbology.

New York Drivers' Licenses Go High Tech With Symbol Technologies' 2D ...

The Campus is a test lab for the outside world in which general applications, such as ID card, electronic purse, portable data file, cryptocards and access keys can be tested.

VeriFone and Caspit Ltd. Announce Major Chip Card Program at Hebrew ...

The size of a video cassette and weighing only 20 ounces, the PPT 4600 is the first mobile terminal to scan and decode PDF417, the two-dimensional symbology portable data file.

Symbol Technologies wins three prestigious industrial design awards; ...