Which military technology development directly led to the creation of modern barcode scanning systems used in retail checkout?

The military sector has often been at the forefront of technological innovations that later transformed civilian retail. From logistics systems to inventory tracking and even e-commerce security protocols, many retail technologies we take for granted today have fascinating military origins. Test your knowledge about a groundbreaking military technology that revolutionized modern retail and completely transformed how we shop.

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• The COBOL programming language developed for Pentagon logistics in the 1950s
• Radar-based tracking systems from World War II naval operations
• The Railroad Identification System created by the US military in the 1960s to track rail shipments
• Military GPS technology originally designed for supply chain management

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