Smart card

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

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A credit card-sized card with embedded integrated circuits that can store, process, and communicate information.

MWENISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Senses

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SANS Glossary of Security Terms

A smartcard is an electronic badge that includes a magnetic strip or chip that can record and replay a set key.

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary

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.

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary

A card with an embedded computer chip on which information can be stored and processed.

Wordset Dictionary

a plastic card containing a microprocessor that enables the holder to perform operations requiring data that is stored in the microprocessor

NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage pack match

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.

Classifications

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Information Class

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Variants

12 surface forms

alternatephrasing: Smart CardSmart cardsSmartcard
plural: Smart cardsSmart cardsesSmartcards
possessive: Smart card'sSmart cards'sSmartcard's
pluralpossessive: Smart cards'Smart cardses'Smartcards'

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