Here's a short story:

MaxiCode is a public domain, machine-readable symbol system originally created and used by United Parcel Service. Suitable for tracking and managing the shipment of packages, it resembles a barcode, but uses dots arranged in a hexagonal grid instead of bars. MaxiCode has been standardised under ISO/IEC 16023. 

A MaxiCode symbol (internally called "Bird's Eye", "Target", "dense code", or "UPS code") appears as a 1 inch square, with a bullseye in the middle, surrounded by a pattern of hexagonal dots. It can store about 93 characters of information, and up to 8 MaxiCode symbols can be chained together to convey more data. The centered symmetrical bullseye is useful in automatic symbol location regardless of orientation, and it allows MaxiCode symbols to be scanned even on a package traveling rapidly. 

MaxiCode symbology was released by UPS in 1992. 

MaxiCode symbols using modes 2 and 3 include a "Structured Carrier Message" containing key information about a package. This information is protected with a strong Reed-Solomon error correction code, allowing it to be read even if a portion of the symbol is damaged. These fields include: 

The structured portion of the message is stored in the inner area of the symbol, near the bull's-eye pattern. (In modes that do not include a structured portion, the inner area simply stores the beginning of the message.) (End of story)

Provide your best guess for the following question. Give ONLY the guess, no other words or explanation.

For example:

Guess: <most likely guess, as short as possible; not a complete sentence, just the guess!>

Here are a few examples of questions and answers:

Question: What does MaxiCode look similar to?
Guess: a barcode

Question: What does it use in a grid instead of bars?
Guess: dots

Question: Who created this system?
Guess: UPS

Question: What is it primarily good for?
Guess: tracking the shipment of packages

Question: Can you name an alternative name for a MaxiCode symbol?
Guess: Bird's Eye

Question: How large is this kind of symbol?
Guess: 1" square

Question: What's in the very center of it?
Guess: a bullseyes

Question: Can several of these symbols be hooked together?
Guess: Yes

Question: For what?
Guess: to convey more data

Question: How much can it store?
Guess: 93 characters of information

Now answer the following question in the same format.

Question: And how many can be hooked together?

Eight