I: Introduction
Smart-card technology
A smart card refers to any plastic card (like a credit card) with an embedded integrated circuit for storing information. Smart cards are being incorporated into soldiers' dog-tags and used to store hospital patients' medical records. They are also being used as student/faculty/staff campus ID cards that can contain information on that individual. Other uses are as a form of token in a financial system; for example, the system can store on the card electronic money or credits towards campus food services. Some campuses are beginning to use these cards to store personnel information or for security access.
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