0 an electronic device that can read the information on a credit card, etc.:
1 a piece of electronic equipment that can read information stored on a card:
At present no firm decisions have been made on card reader specification.
It also included a magnetic card reader/writer to save and load programs.
A magnetic card reader is a device used to read magnetic stripe cards, such as credit cards.
A tarot card reader predicts that the cosmic union can only happen where water and iron are compatible!
An electronic calculator with delay-line memory, programmed by a connection panel, that was connected to a tabulator or card reader-punch.
On exit, the card is again passed over the card reader.
The resulting deck of cards would be fed into a card reader to be compiled.
The built-in magnetic card reader/writer could be used to save programs and data, with the ability to combine data from multiple cards.
