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Contact Cards
Cards the size of a conventional credit or debit card with a single embedded integrated circuit chip that contains just memory or memory plus a microprocessor.
Popular Uses:
Network security, vending, meal plans, loyalty, electronic cash, government IDs, campus IDs, e-commerce, health cards
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Contactless Smart Cards
Cards containing an embedded antenna instead of contact pads
attached to the chip for reading and writing information contained in the chip's memory.
Popular Uses:
Student identification, electronic passport, vending, parking, tolls, IDs
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Combi Cards
Cards containing one smart chip that can be accessed through either contact pads or an embedded antenna.
Popular Uses:
Mass transit and access control combined with other applications such as network security, vending, meal plans, loyalty
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