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smart card

pocket-sized card with embedded integrated circuits for security-related functions
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smart card

Summary

smart card ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,443 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • smart card is credited with the discovery of Roland Moreno[2].
  • smart card is credited with the discovery of Helmut Gröttrup[3].
  • smart card is credited with the discovery of Jürgen Dethloff[4].
  • smart card is a type of machine-readable medium[5].
  • smart card is a type of card[6].
  • smart card is used for safety[7].
  • smart card is used for authentication[8].
  • smart card's Commons category is recorded as Smart cards[9].
  • smart card comprises integrated circuit[10].
  • smart card's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Smart cards[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include machine-readable medium[5] and card[6].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include safety[7] and authentication[8]. smart card comprises integrated circuit[10].

Why It Matters

smart card ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,443 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 90 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → machine-readable medium, card
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 3839067
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 24033, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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