Contact Cards Cards the size of a conventional credit or debit card with a single embedded integrated circuit chip that contains just memory or memory plus a microprocessor. Popular Uses: Network security, vending, meal plans, loyalty, electronic cash, government IDs, campus IDs, e-commerce, health cards

Contactless Cards Cards containing an embedded antenna instead of contact pads attached to the chip for reading and writing information contained in the chip's memory. Popular Uses: Student identification, electronic passport, vending, parking, tolls, IDs

Proximity Cards Prox Cards, communicate through an antenna similar to contactless smart cards except that they are read-only. Popular Uses: Security, identification, access control

Hybrid/Twin Cards Cards containing two or more embedded chip technologies such as a prox chip with its antenna and a contact smart chip with its contact pads. Popular Uses: Accommodates legacy system infrastructure while adding applications that require different e-card technologies

Combi Cards Cards containing one smart chip that can be accessed through either contact pads or an embedded antenna. Popular Uses: Mass transit and access control combined with other applications such as network security, vending, meal plans, loyalty, etc.

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