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Smart Cards: The Developer's Toolkit
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Smart Cards: The Developer's Toolkit

by Timothy M. Jurgensen, Scott B. Guthery
July 2002
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
432 pages
10h 16m
English
Pearson
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Chapter 3. Basic Standards for Smart Cards

Smart cards, perhaps more than most other technologies, have been subject to tremendous pressures across their lifetime to conform to standard implementation and deployment strategies. The form factor, electrical characteristics, and model of computation are firmly established by internationally recognized standards. This has the attractive benefit of guaranteeing that no one approach can attain a monopoly or near-monopoly stranglehold on the technology (e.g., PC operating systems). However, it does encumber the use of smart cards with a tremendous load of baggage. The chances for true, revolutionary advances are greatly minimized, if not eliminated, by the need to conform to established equipment and ...

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