smart card
noun [C] (UK also chip card) ITDefinition
› a small plastic card that is used to make payments or to hold personal information electronically so that it can be read by a computer system: Orders are now placed and paid for using electronic smart cards. All staff are issued with smart cards that give them access to the high security area.
(Definition of smart card noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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