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> POSTNET (the old barcode system the Post Office used to route mail up until a few years ago)

Oh, are these not in use anymore?

> The first group had two bits, one representing the number 0 and the other representing the number 5. The second group had five bits representing the numbers 0–4.

Sounds like an abacus to me…




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