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Wednesday 5 January 2011

Smart card, chip card

smart cardchip card, or integrated circuit card (ICC), is any pocket-sized card with embedded integrated circuits. There are two broad categories of ICCs. Memory cards contain only non-volatile memory storage components, and perhaps dedicated security logic.Microprocessor cards contain volatile memory and microprocessor components. The card is made of plastic, generally polyvinyl chloride, but sometimes acrylonitrile butadiene styrene orpolycarbonate . Smart cards may also provide strong security authentication for single sign-on within large organizations.

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