:: Smart Card Glossary

179 terms in the complete glossary. Page 1 of 18

1. 3G - Third generation Mobile Telecommunications technology.

2. 3GPP - 3rd Generation Partnership Project

3. ABS - See Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene.

4. Acceptor - The entity, usually a merchant, that accepts a card for a transaction.

5. Access Control - A means of controlling access to locations of devices via identification methods.

6. ACQ - See Acquirer.

7. Acquirer - The entity, usually a bank, that processes a merchant's transaction, passing them onto the clearing house.

8. Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene - A plastic commonly used to manufacture injection molded blank cards. See also PVC.

9. Algorithm - A set of mathematical routines and rules used to perform specific computational operations.

10. American National Standards Institute - The American national standards body overseeing the formation and implementation of standards within the US. A member body of ISO.

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