Smart card technology: IC card

Author: Wang Aiyin
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: A smart card is an integrated circuit card (IC card) that circulates in the market in the form of electronic currency and can also be used as an identity card or health card. It inherits all the advantages of magnetic cards and other IC cards, and possesses extremely high security, confidentiality, and anti-counterfeiting capabilities. This book provides a relatively comprehensive discussion on the physical structure, logical characteristics, implementation technology, and application systems of three types of IC cards (memory cards, logic encryption cards, and smart cards) and magnetic cards. It also elaborates in detail on relevant international standards, security and confidentiality systems, and read/write devices (readers). With a focus on ATMs (Automated Teller Machines) and POS (Point of Sale) terminals, the book introduces the application technology and application systems of cards.