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card reader

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noun

  1. a device, no longer widely used, for reading information on a punched card and transferring it to a computer Compare card punch

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He recently began accepting payments through a credit card reader for the first time.

From New York Times Jun. 7, 2024

The credit card reader isn’t working — and she knows just how to fix it.

From Seattle Times Dec. 3, 2023

If you have a card with a security chip, you can make purchases just by tapping it on a card reader that’s equipped to work that way.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 17, 2023

Passengers have to tell the bus driver where they are going and tap their card on the card reader.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2022

Once again Sydney held her breath as she pressed the ID against the card reader, and once again they were rewarded with the click of a door unlocking.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

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