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Payment terminal

A payment terminal, also known as a point of sale (POS) terminal, card machine, credit card machine, card reader, PIN pad, EFTPOS terminal (or by the older term as PDQ terminal which stands for "Process Data Quickly"), is a device which interfaces with payment cards to make electronic funds transfers. The terminal typically consists of a secure keypad…

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Payment terminal

Nodes61
Edges60
Triples20
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032787
Components1

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Payment terminal

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related to history · 7
Payment terminal → In, Point, Prior, These, This, Visa, ZipZap
related to Typical features · 6
Payment terminal → Key, Like, PIN, POS, Pre-authorisationPayments, Tips/gratuitiesRefunds
related to Major manufacturers · 3
Payment terminal → In, IngenicoPAX TechnologyVerifone, There

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Important terminology

payment card terminals terminal data also information pin using credit point sale cards payments merchant would processing authorization capture promotional

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
EMVinstance ofusing technology0.80text
those based on QR code payments bypass the need for payment terminals altogetherinstance ofMobile payment systems0.80text
relying on smartphonesinstance ofMobile payment systems0.80text
a printed QR codeinstance ofMobile payment systems0.80text
Payment terminalrelated to historyPrior0.60section
Payment terminalrelated to historyZipZap0.60section
Payment terminalrelated to historyThese0.60section
Payment terminalrelated to historyThis0.60section
Payment terminalrelated to historyPoint0.60section
Payment terminalrelated to historyVisa0.60section
Payment terminalrelated to historyIn0.60section
Payment terminalrelated to Major manufacturersThere0.60section

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