smart card

noun

1. a small plastic card embedded with a memory chip and often a microprocessor, used for financial transactions, identification, as a key, etc.

smart card

noun

1. Also called: laser card.  intelligent card. a plastic card with integrated circuits used for storing and processing computer data

Word History and Origins

Origin of smart card¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

There are three types - key meters, smart card meters and smart prepayment meters.

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You need a smart card with your data on it to get your subsidised bread or allocation of fuel or gas - a text tells you when it's time to join the queue.

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Shipments from China to Russia of smart cards, light-emitting diodes, polysilicon, semiconductor manufacturing equipment and other goods have also risen, the firm said.

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A law enacted last year provides for electronic voting machines and smart card readers to confirm voters are registered in a central database.

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To pay for charges, I downloaded the Electric Circuit app, and tried to order a smart card that allows charging where there is no cellphone coverage.

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