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What is smart card and how it works?

A smart card is a device that includes an embedded integrated circuit that can be either a secure microcontroller or equivalent intelligence with internal memory or a memorychip alone.

The card connects to a reader with direct physical contact or with a remote contactless radio frequency interface.

What are the types of smart cards?

Types of Smart Cards

• Magnetic stripe cards. A magnetic stripe card has a strip of magnetic tape material attached to its surface. …
• Optical cards. Optical cards use some form of laser to read and write to the card.
• Memory cards. …
• Microprocessor cards.

What are the two types of smart cards?

The two primary types of smart card operating systems are

(1) fixed file structure and (2) dynamic application system.

As with all smartcard types, the selection of a cardoperating system depends on the application that the card is intended for.

Who invented smart card?

Roland MorenoSmart card: Invented here.

In 1974, a 29-year-old Frenchman, Roland Moreno, designed a circuit that could store electronic data – some confidentially – and could be read and altered by a scanner.

What are the advantages of smart card?

Advantages of Smart Cards

• Larger memory.
• High levels of security.
• Reduced fraud.
• Organized information.
• Reliability.
• Upper management information.
• Information Security.
• Ease of use without need for connections online or via telephone.