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machine readable zone

Summary

machine readable zone is a component[1]. It draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (component category, ranking #14 of 20).[2]

Key Facts

  • machine readable zone's image is recorded as MRV-B Visa MRZ Construction.png[3].
  • machine readable zone's instance of is recorded as component[4].
  • machine readable zone's part of is recorded as document[5].
  • machine readable zone's has use is recorded as identification[6].
  • machine readable zone's standards body is recorded as International Civil Aviation Organization[7].
  • machine readable zone's has characteristic is recorded as area[8].
  • machine readable zone's different from is recorded as barcode[9].
  • machine readable zone's uses is recorded as optical character recognition[10].
  • machine readable zone's typeface/font used is recorded as OCR-B[11].
  • machine readable zone's complies with is recorded as ICAO Document 9303[12].

Why It Matters

machine readable zone draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (component category, ranking #14 of 20).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). machine readable zone. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/machine-readable-zone
MLA “machine readable zone.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/machine-readable-zone.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_machine-readable-zone_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{machine readable zone}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/machine-readable-zone}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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