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A '''smart card''' is a card (such as a credit card, transit fare card, etc.) which includes embedded circuitry, so that it is capable of data storage and processing, permitting more sophisticated functionality than [[magnetic stripe card]]s and other card types that merely contain passive data (magnetic, optical, etc.) that must be processed in outside devices.

[[Contactless smart card]]s are readable wirelessly through an embedded device that syncs up with outside devices. Other smart cards must be contacted by the outside device to establish a connection.

[[Card Verifiable Certificate]]s are used on some types of smart cards, including passports.

== Links ==
* [[Wikipedia:Smart card|Wikipedia article]]
* [http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Hardware/Systems/Smartcards/ Open Directory Project: Smartcards]
* [https://github.com/OpenSC Open source smart card tools (GitHub)]
* [http://www.openscdp.org/ Open Smart Card Development Platform]
* [http://www.literatecode.com/smacadu Smart Card Digging Utilities]