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What is Smart Cards

Chapter 45
Handbook of Research on Mobility and Computing: Evolving Technologies and Ubiquitous Impacts
A credit card or other kind of card with an embedded microchip. When the card uses RFID technology to send and receive data it is called a contactless smart card.
Published in Chapter:
RFID and NFC in the Future of Mobile Computing
Diogo Simões (Movensis, Portugal), Vitor Rodrigues (Movensis, Portugal), Luis Veiga (INESC ID / Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal), and Paulo Ferreira (INESC ID / Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-042-6.ch045
Abstract
This chapter describes the most important aspects of RFID and NFC technology, illustrating their applicative potential, and provides a vision of the future in which the virtual and real worlds merge together as if an osmosis took place.
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Chapter 339
The Use of Smart Card Technology in Health Care
A credit card-like device that holds data on electronic strip (unidirectional) or processes data through a microchip (bidirectional).
Published in Chapter: The Use of Smart Card Technology in Health Care; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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Chapter 7
Towards Digital Governance in UK Local Public Services?
A physical token that can be used to authenticate and verify the identity and right to access of e-enabled services of the holder.
Published in Chapter: Towards Digital Governance in UK Local Public Services?; From: Handbook of Research on Strategies for Local E-Government Adoption and Implementation: Comparative Studies
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Chapter 19
A Perspective on Using Blockchain for Ensuring Security in Smart Card Systems
Smart cards are pocket-sized computers that contain one or more integrated chips that facilitate these cards with storage, processing, and input/output interface.
Published in Chapter: A Perspective on Using Blockchain for Ensuring Security in Smart Card Systems; From: Handbook of Research on Cloud Computing and Big Data Applications in IoT
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