swipe card

noun

a plastic card with magnetically encoded data that is decoded when passed through a slotted electronic reader, especially for payment or identification purposes.

swipe card

noun

a credit card, identity card, etc, with a magnetic strip that holds encoded information that can be electronically interpreted as it is passed through the slot of a machine designed to read it

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Word History and Origins

Origin of swipe card¹

First recorded in 1980–85

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Ms Tomkinson said the method of staff access to insulin had since changed with a "clear audit trail" provided by a "bespoke swipe card that is absolutely aligned to an individual staff member".

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Maine authorities have managed to thwart poaching in the state using new controls including a swipe card system meant to deter illegal sales.

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Mr O'Donnell said Dean had been placed on administrative duties following an investigation, but he was still able to use his swipe card in 2023 - which was finally deactivated after it was identified that he had taken the drugs.

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In 1998 Horizon was being developed by a firm called ICL, owned by Fujitsu, as a way of paying welfare benefits through Post Office counters using a swipe card.

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Fuller gained access to morgues using his employee swipe card, choosing times when he knew staff had gone home so the areas were left unattended.

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