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near-field communication

radio communication established between devices by bringing them into proximity
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near-field communication

Summary

near-field communication is a technical standard[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of technical_standard entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,227 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • near-field communication's instance of is recorded as technical standard[3].
  • near-field communication's instance of is recorded as communication protocol[4].
  • near-field communication's based on is recorded as radio-frequency identification[5].
  • near-field communication is a type of wireless communication[6].
  • near-field communication is a type of radio communication[7].
  • near-field communication is used for contactless payment[8].
  • near-field communication is used for micropayment[9].
  • near-field communication is used for mobile tagging[10].
  • near-field communication's Commons category is recorded as Near field communication[11].
  • near-field communication's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Near-field communication[12].
  • near-field communication's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as authentication:nfc=yes[13].
  • near-field communication's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/nfc[14].
  • near-field communication's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'NFC'}[15].
  • near-field communication's uses is recorded as electromagnetic induction[16].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include technical standard[3] and communication protocol[4].

Why It Matters

near-field communication ranks in the top 5% of technical_standard entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,227 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wiki.openstreetmap.org. wiki.openstreetmap.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Based on → radio-frequency identification
    Uses → electromagnetic induction
    Subclass of → wireless communication, radio communication
    Instance of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 21388, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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