RFID

American  

1. radio frequency identification: a technology that uses electronic tags placed on objects, people, or animals to relay identifying information to an electronic reader by means of radio waves.

   a toll road equipped with an RFID payment system;

   If you want to ward off identity theft, you should buy a passport case with RFID protection.

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RFID British  

abbreviation

1. radio-frequency identity ( or identification): a technology that uses tiny computer chips to track items such as consumer commodities at a distance

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Example Sentences

Also, when maintenance crews at Malmstrom tested some radio frequency identification, or RFID, technology - think of how seaports track items inside cargo containers - it created security vulnerabilities.

From Washington Times • Dec. 10, 2023

Prior to implementing RFID, there was a barcode on every product that acted as a license plate.

From The Verge • Jul. 26, 2022

"RFID chips are used in pets to identify them when they're lost," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2022

As an extra precaution, she keeps her credit card in an envelope that blocks radio-frequency identification, or RFID, to prevent it from being scanned.

From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2022

Radio frequency identification technology — RFID, as it is known — is everywhere in daily civilian life.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2021