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a plastic card containing a microprocessor that enables the holder to perform operations requiring data that is stored in the microprocessor; typically used to perform financial transactions

Any plastic card (like a credit card) with an embeddedintegrated circuit for storing information.Smart cards are being incorporated into soldier's dog-tags andused to store hospital patients' medical records. This waythey are always instantly accessible.Other uses are as a form of token in banking systems. Youcould store electronic money on the card or less valuabletokens such as those given away by petrol companies which youcollect to exchange for free gifts at a later date. The ideabeing that one smart card is easier to carry around than amultitude of paper tokens.news:alt.technology.smartcards