<sod>  Some supermarkets have introduced self-checkout machines, where the customer is trusted (to an extent) to scan the barcodes (or manually identify uncoded items like fruit), and place the items into a bagging area (where the bag is weighed, the machine complains vocally when it thinks that something in the bag doesn't seem to weigh what the inventory database lists the weight as). There is normally a supervisor watching over several such checkouts; as such the benefit to the customer is little, the benefit to the supermarket is reduced staffing levels. Payment on these machines is accepted by card [[EFTPOS]], or cash via coinslot and bank note scanner.
 
 Cash register manufacturers include [[NCR Corporation|NCR]], [[International Business Machines|IBM]], and [[Wincor-Nixdorf]].
==External links==
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3962573.stm  Cash register concerns]
 
 ==External links==
 * [http://www.cashregistergroup.com/acatalog/Glossary.html  Cash register Glossary]

==External links==
 * [http://tillservices.co.uk/discus  Cash register Forum]
 
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 <eod> <sod> Some supermarkets have introduced self-checkout machines, where the customer is trusted (to an extent) to scan the barcodes (or manually identify uncoded items like fruit), and place the items into a bagging area (where the bag is weighed, the machine complains vocally when it thinks that something in the bag doesn't seem to weigh what the inventory database lists the weight as). There is normally a supervisor watching over several such checkouts; as such the benefit to the customer is little, the benefit to the supermarket is reduced staffing levels. Payment on these machines is accepted by card [[EFTPOS]], or cash via coinslot and bank note scanner.
 
 Cash register manufacturers include [[NCR Corporation|NCR]], [[International Business Machines|IBM]], and [[Wincor-Nixdorf]].

==Origin==
The first cash register was invented by [[James J. Ritty]] in [[1879]]. He was the owner of a tavern in [[Dayton, Ohio]] and wanted to stop patrons from pilfering his profits.
 
 ==External links==

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3962573.stm  Cash register concerns]
 * [http://www.cashregistergroup.com/acatalog/Glossary.html  Cash register Glossary]
 * [http://tillservices.co.uk/discus  Cash register Forum]
 
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