Happy Birthday, Barcode!

On October 2, 1952, Norman Woodman and Bernard Silver were granted a patent on the barcode. The popular search engine Google commemorated its birthday by using a barcode as one of its famous icon doodles. But, what does the mysterious barcode picture mean? According to TechCrunch, the barcode says "Google" in Code 128. Here is a make-your-own-barcode website, where you can make a barcode that says anything.