Computer programs and software for creating and decoding bar code symbols; apparatus that create bar code symbols, namely, ink jet card printers, thermal transfer printers, photo printers, thermal printers, laser etching printers, dot peen markers, micro-abrasive blasters, and laser printers; apparatus that read bar code symbols, namely, bar code readers and bar code scanners; magnetically encoded identification cards containing one-dimensional or two-dimensional bar code symbols