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Pouch: The unlaminated outer layer of an ID Badge, usually polyester, be-
tween which the paper core is placed for lamination.
Proximity: Proximity cards incorporate embedded or laminated RF (radio
frequency) circuits (in microchip form) which utilize electrically tuned circuits
that will resonate when activated by a transmitter sweeping through the RF
range. A receiver picks up a resonating frequency and activates the code deci-
phering system. Unlike other access cards the proximity card can be worn or
carried and detected at various ranges dependent upon the system’s design
capabilities.
PVC: Polyvinylchloride, thebasic material ofthe common plasticcredit card.
Slot Reader: Swipe reader.
Smart: A card containing an onboard computer chip and a power supply,
normally a lithium battery capable of storing up to six pages of text. This is the
only card in the industry at this time that has an “active” technology.
Substrate: The material on which the magnetic stripe is deposited.
Swipe Reader: A manually operated reader with a long narrow channel
(slot) through which the magnetic stripe edge of the card is pushed.
T&A: Time & Attendance systems or applications.
Track: A strip of specified width and location running the length of the mag-
netic stripe on which data is encoded; Track 1, 2 and 3 are specific track loca-
tions defined by ANSI/ISO standards.
Watermark Magnetic: A card containing small oxide particles physically
oriented into zones of varying widths. The particles are set while the iron oxide
slurry is still fluid. Thebinary structure spacing of this computer-generated pat-
tern is then oven-cured to create an unalterable 10 or 12-digit code number
while leaving another layer of the magnetic stripe available for encoding soft
conventional data.
Wiegand: A Wiegand card utilizes embedded magnetically unstable ferro-
magnetic wires formedin a permanently tensioned helical twist. The Wiegand
card readeruses a magneticcoil that picks upthe flux reversalcharacteristics of
the wires and converts them to binary pulses.
YMCKrO Ribbons: Printer ribbons with color panels that also include pan-
els for resin black and a protective clear overlay varnish.
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