smart card
noun
: a small plastic card that has a built-in microprocessor to store and process data and records
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Compared to traditional key cards, smart cards provide secure and auditable security and can help leaders better understand the daily running of the business.
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Rob Lydic, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Its Ghostwriter machine uses a smart card or USB flash drive to store signatures and phrases that can be replicated on paper.
—Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 4 June 2025
Wood and bamboo smart card room keys are carbon neutral and biodegradable, and are part of a broader effort across all the brands to ultimately remove all single-use plastic.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Steve Weisman, a law and taxation lecturer at Bentley University, said the United States is one of the few countries that continue to use magnetic stripe cards, noting much of the world uses newer EMV smart cards that have computer chips with encrypted data.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
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Rob Lydic, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Its Ghostwriter machine uses a smart card or USB flash drive to store signatures and phrases that can be replicated on paper.
—Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 4 June 2025
Wood and bamboo smart card room keys are carbon neutral and biodegradable, and are part of a broader effort across all the brands to ultimately remove all single-use plastic.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Steve Weisman, a law and taxation lecturer at Bentley University, said the United States is one of the few countries that continue to use magnetic stripe cards, noting much of the world uses newer EMV smart cards that have computer chips with encrypted data.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
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“Smart card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smart%20card. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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