Smart Cards - Dell Latitude 12 Rugged 7202 Getting Started Manual

Smart Cards

There are two main types of Smart or Common Access Cards (CAC):
1. Enclosed Smart Cards — These cards have a contact area with many gold plated
connection pads. When inserted into a card reader, the information from the chip
can be read and written
Insert the card into the smart card slot with the gold contact pad facing upward
and pointing toward the smart card slot. Slide the card into the slot until it is fully
seated in its connector.
2. Contactless Smart Cards — These cards do not require any physical contact with
the reader. The chip communicates with the card reader through RFID induction
technology.
These cards require only close proximity to an antenna of a card reader to
complete transactions.
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