What is Contactless smart card?
[[File:Smartcardchip no text.jpg|thumb|200px|Size comparison of chip <br />''(compared to a Canadian [[Coins of the Canadian dollar|one cent piece]])'']] [[File:EPC-RFID-TAG.svg|thumb|a contactless smart card]] A '''contactless smart card''' is a kind of [[smart card]] with [[wikt:integrate|integrated]] circuits that can process and save data. Most cards are as big as a [[credit card]]. They can receive information which is processed and delivered through [[radio]]. There are two main kinds of contactless smart cards. Many people believe contactless smart cards have a read-only RFID inside it. This is not true, but they do have a re-writable smart card [[microchip]] inside them. Contactless smart cards can be used for identification, authentication, and saving data.<ref>{{cite book | title = Multi-application Smart Cards | year = 2007 | url = https://archive.org/details/multiapplication0000hend | publisher = Cambridge University Press }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} * {{cite book | first= W. |last= Rankl |author2= W. Effing | title = Smart Card Handbook | url= https://archive.org/details/smartcardhandboo0000rank | publisher = John Wiley & Sons | year = 1997| isbn = 0-471-96720-3}} * {{cite book | first= Scott B. |last= Guthery |author2= Timothy M. Jurgensen | title = SmartCard Developer's Kit | url= https://archive.org/details/smartcarddevelop00guth | publisher = Macmillan Technical Publishing | year = 1998 | isbn = 1-57870-027-2}} == Other websites == * {{Cite web |url=http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Hardware/Systems/Smartcards// |title=Open Directory - Computers: Hardware: Systems: Smartcards |work=dmoz.org |access-date=27 May 2010 |archive-date=29 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529170232/http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Hardware/Systems/Smartcards/ |url-status=dead }} {{tech-stub}} [[Category:Electronics]]