Smart card
A credit card-sized card with embedded integrated circuits that can store, process, and communicate information.
Senses
A smartcard is an electronic badge that includes a magnetic strip or chip that can record and replay a set key.
A small electronic device that contains electronic memory, and possibly an embedded integrated circuit Scope Note: Smart cards can be used for a number of purposes including the storage of digital certificates or digital cash, or they can be used as a token to authenticate users.
A card with an embedded computer chip on which information can be stored and processed.
a plastic card containing a microprocessor that enables the holder to perform operations requiring data that is stored in the microprocessor
No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 2 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.
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Variants
- alternatephrasing
- Smart CardSmart cardsSmartcard
- plural
- Smart cardsSmart cardsesSmartcards
- possessive
- Smart card'sSmart cards'sSmartcard's
- pluralpossessive
- Smart cards'Smart cardses'Smartcards'