Card reader

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Uses

Physical security Credential Information security Bar code Biometric

24 related topics

Overview

Input device Storage medium Optical scanning Barcodes Punched cards

51 related topics

Mechanisms

Memory card reader Memory card CompactFlash Secure Digital MultiMediaCard

6 related topics

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Usage: access control

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Overview

Input device
Storage medium
Optical scanning Optical reader
Barcodes
Punched cards Punched card
Plastic cards Plastic card
Magnetic strip Magnetic stripe card
Integrated circuit
RFID Radio-frequency identification
Identification Identity document
Access control
Banking Bank card
Data storage
Data processing
Smart card
Communications protocols Communications protocol
Personal identification number
Proprietary Proprietary software
PC/SC
CCID CCID (protocol)
Framework Software framework
USB Universal Serial Bus
Device drivers Device driver
Operating system
PKCS#11 PKCS11
API Application programming interface
Platform Computing platform
Interface Interface (computing)
Cryptographic
Applications Application software

Mechanisms

Uses

Physical security
Credential
Information security
Bar code
Biometric
Fingerprint Fingerprint reader
Hand geometry
Iris Iris recognition
Facial recognition Facial recognition system
Template Template (file format)
Probability
Control panel Control panel (computer)
Door hardware Door furniture
Server Server (computing)
Verification Authentication
Processing Process (computing)
Communication lines Telecommunication
Chip Authentication Program
EMV
Phishing
Geldkarte
Electronic purse
Punched card voting Voting machine
Help America Vote Act

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Nodes85

Edges84

Triples35

Avg. degree1.98

Density0.023529

Components1

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Card reader

Top relations

related to Memory card readers · 9

Card reader → CF, CompactFlash, Memory, MMC, Most, MultiMediaCard, SD, Secure Digital, USB

related to Banking · 6

Card reader → CAP, Chip Authentication Program, EMV, Geldkarte, German, Some

is a · 4

Card reader → data input device that reads data from a card-shaped storage medium and provides the data to a computer, device for accessing the data on a memory card such as a CompactFlash, electronic device that physically connects to an integrated circuit in a smart card, portable image scanner device or mobile app that uses optical character recognition to detect specific data fields on a business card and store that data in a contact database o…

related to Data tabulation · 4

Card reader → Help America Vote Act, Punched, Throughout, United States

related to Identification and access control · 4

Card reader → Access, An, Card, They

Usage · 1

Card reader → access control

related to Smart card readers · 1

Card reader → Smart

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Important terminology

card reader data readers cards control number access smart used biometric memory punched read magnetic wiegand technology identification also code

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Card reader	Usage	access control	1.00	infobox
Card reader	is a	data input device that reads data from a card-shaped storage medium and provides the data to a computer	0.90	text
Card reader	is a	electronic device that physically connects to an integrated circuit in a smart card	0.90	text
Card reader	is a	device for accessing the data on a memory card such as a CompactFlash	0.90	text
Card reader	is a	portable image scanner device or mobile app that uses optical character recognition to detect specific data fields on a business card and store that data in a contact database o…	0.90	text
smart cards	instance of	defining a generic interface to cryptographic tokens	0.80	text
access control	instance of	This allows contactless smart cards to transmit more data efficiently compared to lower-frequency systems and supports applications	0.80	text
electronic payments without requiring physical contact with the reader	instance of	This allows contactless smart cards to transmit more data efficiently compared to lower-frequency systems and supports applications	0.80	text
a CompactFlash	instance of	Memory card readersA memory card reader is a device for accessing the data on a memory card	0.80	text
a fingerprint or retina scan	instance of	or they have an input for connecting an external card reader.In the 1-to-many mode a user presents biometric data	0.80	text
the reader then compares the live scan to all the templates stored in the memory	instance of	or they have an input for connecting an external card reader.In the 1-to-many mode a user presents biometric data	0.80	text
Card reader	related to Banking	Some	0.60	section

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