magnetic strip

American  

noun

1. a strip of magnetic material on which information may be stored, as by an electromagnetic process, for automatic reading, decoding, or recognition by a device that detects magnetic variations on the strip.

   a credit card with a magnetic strip to prevent counterfeiting.

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magnetic strip

The UK moved to chip-and-pin for all card payments in 2006, but in the US, some magnetic strip systems are still in use.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2021

Even those who never saw a Metro Farecard will get a sense of movement from the dynamic vertical bands that Crossett derives from the magnetic strip of the now-obsolete tickets.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 28, 2018

But traditional magnetic strip cards, which required a customer’s signature for security reasons, have largely been replaced by chip cards that encrypt cardholder information into a unique code that is difficult to copy.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2018

He has suggested inserting a magnetic strip on bank notes to track them as they enter circulation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2018

On the corner of 52nd. and 3rd., in the shadow of the Citibank tower, Dennis Melbourne stuck a magnetic strip ID card into a Cirrus 24 Hour Bank Teller Machine.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Winn Schwartau

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