“智能”或者“灵巧”卡是专用的微型计算机。由于它们具有在卡处理和对卡中存储数据增强安全级别的保护能力,从而使得它们具有很多潜在的应用。NPL的令牌和事务控制联合体即有关组织构成的研究开发协会正对这项技术进行调查研究。目前,塑料卡已经有很多应用。比如从图书馆到电子资金转移(EFT)。在每种应用中,这些“碰”卡用来向一个系统标明持卡人的身份以便获得某种权力,例如,借一本书或者提取 Smart or Smart cards are dedicated minicomputers. They have many potential applications due to their increased level of protection in card handling and data storage in the card. The NPL’s Token and Transaction Control Consortium, an association of research and development organizations, is investigating this technology. At present, plastic cards have many applications. Such as from the library to electronic funds transfer (EFT). In each application, these “touch” cards are used to identify the cardholder’s identity to a system in order to gain some authority, for example, by borrowing a book or extracting