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key card

noun
  1. a plastic card, similar to a credit card, containing data on an embedded magnetized strip that can electronically unlock a door, activate a machine, etc.
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  • The keycard and phone records would suggest the entire episode in the room took no more than nine minutes.

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    The Evidence That Could Doom DSK

    Christopher Dickey, John Solomon

    July 26, 2011