ID cards herald new era. (Technology).Employee identification cards are morphing into full-fledged data banks, thanks to "smart card" technology. A computer chip embedded into credit-card-sized IDs can hold 32 kilobytes of personal information about the cardholder--information that grants access to an organization's central database as well as the front door. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Smart Card Alliance, Princeton Junction, New Jersey Princeton Junction is also a New Jersey Transit and Amtrak station on the Northeast Corridor line. Princeton Junction is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within West Windsor Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey. (visit www.smartcardalliance.org), 72.7 million smart cards Example of widely used contactless smart cards are Hong Kong's Octopus card, Paris' Calypso/Navigo card and Lisbon' LisboaViva card, which predate the ISO/IEC 14443 standard. The following tables list smart cards used for public transportation and other electronic purse applications. were shipped last year in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada-a 34 percent increase from the previous year. The Defense Department alone had issued 1.8 million smart cards by mid-winter 2003, and was continuing to issue 9,000-12,000 per day. |
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