Contactless smart card

Size comparison of chip
(compared to a Canadian one cent piece)

a contactless smart card

A contactless smart card is a kind of smart card with integrated circuits that can process and save data. Most cards are as big as a credit card. They can receive information which is processed and delivered through radio. There are two main kinds of contactless smart cards.

Many people believe contactless smart cards have a read-only RFID inside it. This is not true, but they do have a re-writable smart card microchip inside them. Contactless smart cards can be used for identification, authentication, and saving data.

References

• Rankl, W.; W. Effing (1997). Smart Card Handbook. John Wiley & Sons.

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• Guthery, Scott B.; Timothy M. Jurgensen (1998). SmartCard Developer's Kit. Macmillan Technical Publishing.

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Other websites

• "Open Directory - Computers: Hardware: Systems: Smartcards". dmoz.org. http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Hardware/Systems/Smartcards//. Retrieved 27 May 2010.