Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun smart_card

1 sense of smart card

Sense 1
smart card -- (a plastic card containing a microprocessor that enables the holder to perform operations requiring data that is stored in the microprocessor; typically used to perform financial transactions)
       => open-end credit, revolving credit, charge account credit -- (a consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any time)
       => positive identification -- (evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance; "a system for positive identification can prevent the use of a single identity by several people")