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2. Forrest Parry - Wikipedia

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   In 1960, while at IBM, Parry invented the magnetic stripe card for use by the U.S. Government. [3] He had the idea of gluing short pieces of magnetic tape to each plastic card, but the glue warped the tape, making it unusable. When he returned home, Parry's wife Dorothea was using a flat iron to iron clothes.

3. Card reader - Wikipedia

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   A card reader is a data input device that reads data from a card-shaped storage medium and provides the data to a computer. Card readers can acquire data from a card via a number of methods, including: optical scanning of printed text or barcodes or holes on punched cards, electrical signals from connections made or interrupted by a card's punched holes or embedded circuitry, or electronic ...

4. Digital card - Wikipedia

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   In most magnetic stripe cards, the magnetic stripe is contained in a plastic-like film. The magnetic stripe is located 0.223 inches (5.7 mm) from the edge of the card, and is 0.375 inches (9.5 mm) wide. The magnetic stripe contains three tracks, each 0.110 inches (2.8 mm) wide.

5. Square (financial services) - Wikipedia

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   Square Reader is Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard compliant and Verisign certified. [22] Square provides its magnetic stripe card readers to sellers without charge. [53] Square charges $99 for Square Stand and $59 for its chip-based Square Reader. [54] The Square app is freely downloadable from the Apple App Store and the Google ...

6. Keycard lock - Wikipedia

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   The card stores a physical or digital pattern that the door mechanism accepts before disengaging the lock. There are several common types of keycards in use, including the mechanical holecard, barcode, magnetic stripe, Wiegand wire embedded cards, smart card (embedded with a read/write electronic microchip), RFID, and NFC proximity cards.

7. Access badge - Wikipedia

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   Access badges use various technologies to identify the holder of the badge to an access control system. The most common technologies are magnetic stripe, proximity, barcode, smart cards and various biometric devices. The magnetic stripe ID card was invented by Forrest Parry in 1960. [1] The access badge contains a number that is read by a card ...