magnetic stripe

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Definitions of magnetic stripe words

abbreviation MAGNETIC STRIPE magnetic strip. 1
noun magnetic stripe Movies. stripe1 (def 8). 1
noun Technical meaning of magnetic stripe (storage) A black stripe, printed on the back of a credit card or similar, that stores a machine-readable copy of the information on the card. The stripe contains iron particles about 500 nanometers long that can be magnetised like magnetic tape. The data can be read by swiping the card through a card reader. 1
noun magnetic stripe (across the back of various types of cheque card, credit card, etc) a dark stripe of magnetic material consisting of several tracks onto which information may be coded and which may be read or written to electronically 0
noun magnetic stripe A band of magnetic material in which tiny iron-based particles are used for data storage, used on swipecards. 0

before 1950

One of the 5% newest English words

First recorded in 1950-55

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