Definitions for "Contactless"
Keywords:  reader, smart, transmitter, radio, rfid
In regard to chip cards: whether the card is read by direct contact with a reader or has a transmitter/receiver system which allows it to be read using radio frequency technology (up to a certain distance). _____________________________________________________________________________
Said of cards with no visible module; they communicates by means of a radio frequency signal. There is no need of physical contact between the card and a reader (in comparison to Contact smart cards). See Proximity, Vicinity.
A smart card with no visible module that communicates by means of a radio frequency signal. There is no need of physical contact between the card and a reader.