Contactless smart card
(compared to a Canadian one cent piece)
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.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Multi-application Smart Cards. Cambridge University Press. 2007.
- Rankl, W.; W. Effing (1997). Smart Card Handbook. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-96720-3.
- Guthery, Scott B.; Timothy M. Jurgensen (1998). SmartCard Developer's Kit. Macmillan Technical Publishing. ISBN 1-57870-027-2.
Other websites
[change | change source]- "Open Directory - Computers: Hardware: Systems: Smartcards". dmoz.org. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
