SMART CARD TECHNOLOGY

42 PAGES (6503 WORDS) Computer Engineering Seminar
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INTRODUCTION TO SMART CARDS

It has been said that smart cards will one day be as important as computers are today. This statement contains a bit of an error because it implies that smart cards are not computers, when in fact, they are. Because smart cards are indeed tiny computers, it’s difficult to predict the variety of applications that will be possible with them in the future. It’s quite possible that smart cards will follow the same trend of rapid increases in processing power that computers have, following "Moore’s Law" and doubling in performance while halving in cost every eighteen months. 


TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page i
Certification ii
Acknowledgment iii
Abstract iv
Table of content v
1.0 INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION TO SMART CARDS1
DEFINITION OF A SMART CARD2
2.0      EVOLUTION OF SMART CARDS4
HISTORY OF SMART CARDS4
CURRENT TRENDS5
CLASSIFICATION OF SMART CARDS6
3.0   DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONTACT INTERFACES10
4.0 STANDARD DIMENSIONS OF A SMART CARD14
TECHNOLOGICAL FEATURES16
5.0     APPLICATION PROTOCOL DATA UNITS (APDU)21
6.0   BENEFITS OF SMART CARDS36
CONCLUSION39
BIBLIOGRAPHY40





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