0 a plastic strip on which information can be recorded, for example on the back of a credit card: --
1 a plastic strip on which information can be recorded, for example on the back of a credit card: --
2 a magnetic area on the back of a plastic card that contains information in electronic form, especially information about who the owner of the card is, their bank account, etc.: --
Cards may have a barcode or magnetic strip, which is read by an electronic credit card machine.
A 2.5 cm 4-track magnetic strip was across the bottom of the card.
With a sound pick up option, optical 16mm and 35mm sound can be reproduced, also 16mm magnetic strip sound.
On the reverse side, there is a brown, magnetic strip on which the card's data (zones and dates) are stored.
Magnetic strip plastic tickets were used, and came in various forms.
There is a crucial difference between having the cheap option with a card, which is a magnetic strip, and having a proper smart card with built-in technology.
As my colleagues have already said, we can but be delighted at the move from the magnetic strip to the on-board chip card, whether disposable, re-chargeable, or re-programmable.
Plastic national insurance number cards are not capable of being used in cash dispensing machines and there are no proposals for inclusion of further information on the magnetic strip.
