Bar code decoders use a receiver mechanism to read a barcode and then convert the code into usable data.

Video and audio software is used to process audio and video signals.

Codec IC chips are used to encode and decode (or compress and decompress) various types of data, particularly when the bulk storage is required

Audio processors IC are semiconductor devices used to detect, decode and process analog or digital video

Network modems (modulators-demodulators) are devices or programs that allow computers to transmit data over telephone lines.

Fixed mount bar code scanners are designed to manually or mechanically read items passed by their scan windows.

Cell processors are multi-core processors that use cellular architecture for high performance distributed computing.