Editing Part number (section)

==Machine-readable part marking==
It is common today for part numbers (as well as serial numbers or other information) to be marked on the part in ways that facilitate [[machine-readable medium|machine-readability]], such as [[barcode]]s or [[QR code]]s. Today's advanced state of [[optical character recognition]] (OCR) technology also means that machines can often read the human-readable format of [[Arabic numerals]] and [[Latin script]]. Current revisions of major part marking standards (such as the U.S. military's [[MIL-STD-130]]) take pains to codify the most advantageous combinations of machine-readable information (MRI) and human-readable information (HRI).