Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of keycard


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2016-01-28 11:42:26 (8 years ago)
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jeffmod
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     1||= '''Keycard''' =|| 
     2||[[Image(http://i.imgur.com/87Mx3jh.jpg, 128px, left)]]|| A ''Keycard'' is a small strip of plastic roughly the size of a credit card or driver's license which stores a physical or digital signature used for user authentication, generally on physical locks. 
     3||= '''Variant''' =||Short-range RFID|| 
     4[[br]] 
     5The keycards used in the [wiki:hbc Harland Broadcasting Corporation] building also double as identification cards, listing the owner's department and clearance on the front, with a magnetic strip on the back, and an RFID chip embedded inside. The RFID card allows doors to be unlocked at close range, while the antiquated magnetic strip acts as a secondary failsafe, as well as a potential mechanism to unlock secure containers and doors that mere proximity should not open.