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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A usually plastic card with a magnetically coded strip that is scanned in order to operate a mechanism such as a door or an automated teller machine.

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  • noun A usually plastic card which stores a digital signature that is used to operate an electronic access control lock.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a plastic card that has a magnetically coded strip that is scanned in order to operate a mechanism

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