Skip to main content

CLASSIFICATION OF SMART CARD AND IT'S APPLICATIONS

 

 SMART CARD



WHAT IS SMART CARD?

       A Smart card is a plastic card about the size of a credit card,with an embedded microchip that can be loaded with data, used for telephone calling,cash payments, and other applications , and then periodically refreshed for additional use.





  
                                                                                                                                                                            

1.The standard definition of smart card , or integrated circuit card, is any pocket sized card with embedded integrated circuites.
                                                   (or)
2.A smart card is a plastic card with a small ,built in microcomputer chip and integrated circuit that can store and process  a lot of data


INTRODUCTION

Imagine the power of a computer, the speed and security of electronic data, and the freedom to carry

WHY SMART CARDS? 

● Enhanced security 
● Offline transactions
 Multifunctional 
● Customization 
● Economical 
● Portable


HISTORY OF THE SMART CARD:

        In the year of 1968, two Germans namely Jurgen Dethloff and Helmet Grotrupp made the plastic to be the carrier of microchips. In the year of 1970, Dr. Kunitaka Arimura from Japan filed the foremost and exclusive patent on the concept of a smart card. In the year of 1974, Roland Moreno filed the genuine patent on the smart card. In the year of 1977, the three commercial people namely Bull, Schlumberger, and SGS Thomson started advancing the IC card.

In the year of 1979, Motorola advanced the foremost chip microcontroller for the purpose of French banking. In the year of 1982, the foremost IC card testing was done and in the year of 1992, a project began in Denmark on the nationwide prepaid card. In the year of 1999, the Federal government started the smart card identification for the federal employees.

DIMENSIONS OF SMART CARD:





CLASSIFICATION OF SMART CARD:


Smart cards are classified into two types and they are as follows

       contact vs contactless
   
        ●memory vs micro processer

1.Contact vs contactless:

                     The smart card has the integrated microprocessors and requires energy to work, along with it the smart cards have some techniques to exchange the information, receiving the information and transmitting the information. Few smart cards consist of the golden plates and contact pads at the corner of the card , this category of the smart cards are known as the contact smart cards.The plates present at the corner of the corner supply  the required amount of energy and for exchanging the information through direct electrical contact with the help of a reader.The contact  pad will not be present on few smart cards and in such cards,the connection between a reader and the card will be created through radio frequency.

Contact smart card

                                                Contactless smart card             

                                                                                                  

 

                                                             



Comments

Popular posts from this blog

WHAT IS AFFILIATE MARKETING AND HOW DOES IT WORKS?

AFFILIATE MARKETING: What Is Affiliate Marketing? Affiliate marketing is the process by which an affiliate earns a commission for marketing another person’s or company’s products. The affiliate simply searches for a product they enjoy, then promotes that product and earns a piece of the profit from each sale they make. The sales are tracked via affiliate links from one website to another.   How Does Affiliate Marketing Work? Because affiliate marketing works by spreading the  responsibilities of product marketing and ctraetion across parties, it manges to leverage the ability of a variety of individuals for more effective marketing strategy while providing contributors with a share of the profit.To make this work, three different  parties must be invloved: 1.Seller and product creators. 2.The affiliate or advertiser. 3.The consumer.    Let's delve into the complex relationship these three parties share to ensure affiliate marketing in a success. 1.Seller and pro...

EMAIL MARKETING

 Email Marketing What Is Email Marketing?              Email marketing is a  digital marketing strategy   that allows you to send email messages directly to your email list, a subset of your email list, or a list of email addresses. The purpose of email marketing is to provide valuable information to potential clients and customers, to promote your business, to get people interested in your business, and to become paying customers.           Email have been around for almost 50years.In 1971,Ray Tomilson sent the first email.Not soon after,in 1978,Gary Theurk  sent the first ever email campaign,which resulted in a sale of $13million.Thus ,changing the face of the marketing. There are 3.9 billion email users globally, which is half of the world population today. Half of the world is on email.    Who can use Email Marketing? There is no one use-case for email marketing. Email is the common marke...

TYPES OF SEO IN DIGITAL MARKETING

 TYPES OF SEO IN DIGITAL MARKETING:         Before we start with   types of SEO  let’s just first understand what is SEO ? SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization and it is the process of increasing the number of visitors on your site by ranking better on Google SERPs for relevant keywords or search phrases within your domain.     WHAT IS SEO?    SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization.SEO is nothing but ranking for any particular keyword in the first page of google is called Search Engine Optimization. Why is SEO Important in Digital Marketing?                     Search engine optimization (SEO) is integral to digital marketing. Every year, trillions of search queries are carried out on the Internet. Most of the time, the intent of these searches is to delve deeper into a subject, research commercial products and services, or find the best product or service for a particular ...