(1) (
Entertainment
PC) See
HTPC.
(2) (
Evolved
Packet
Core) See
LTE architecture.
(3) (
Electronic
Product
Code) A standard code for RFID tags administered by the GS1 and GS1 US international standards organizations. The EPC ranges from 64 to 256 bits and contains, at minimum: product number, serial number, company ID and EPC version.
A Unique EPC for Everything
Unlike UPC barcodes, which do not have serial numbers, the EPC enables tracking of each physical item for everything we can conceivably ever make. A 96-bit EPC can uniquely identify 16 million products in each of 268 million companies, and each product can have 68 billion serial numbers. See
Gen 2 and
RFID. Contrast with
UPC.