Magnetic stripe
- Applications for RFID
- Electronic Product Code
- ISO 14443A
- ISO 14443B
- ISO 15693
- Magnetic stripe
- Memory Cards
- Potential uses for RFID
- RFID Frequency
- Smart card
- Types of RFID Tags
- What is a SAM?
- What is a semiconductor?
- What is a SIM?
- What is a smart card module?
- What is meant by “contactless” smart card?
- What is a wafer?
- What is an IC?
- What is Dual Interface?
- What is EMV?
- What is GSM?
- What is MIFARE?
- What is RFID?
- What is UIM?
Magnetic stripe
Magnetic stripe, sometimes called magstripe, refers to a band of magnetic material on credit cards, transit fare cards or identification cards to store information. The magnetic stripe is read by physical contact and swiping past a reading head.
This is in contrast to the newer generation of smart cards which contain an actual computer chip with metal contacts, or contactless cards which use a magnetic field for close-proximity reading.