RFID

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.

RFID

abbreviation

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

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.

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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.

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Many colleges use GPS, which is less precise and less expensive than RFID.

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

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And a Kansas company, SmartGunz, has been developing a similar product that runs on RFID.

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