🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

cartão inteligente

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kaɾˈtãw̃ ĩ.teˈliˈʒẽ.tʃi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Smart card/ˈsmɑːrt kɑːrd/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O pagamento foi efetuado com o cartão inteligente."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A plastic card containing a microchip that enables data processing and secure storage of information, commonly used for financial transactions, identification, and access control.

    "Please insert your smart card into the terminal to complete the payment."
  2. 2

    An integrated circuit card used as a secure personal token for authentication across digital networks.

    "Employees use their security smart cards to gain access to the restricted laboratory areas."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'smart', originating from Old Germanic roots implying sharpness or intelligence, with 'card', derived from the Ancient Greek 'chartēs' via Latin and French meaning a leaf of paper. Coined in the late 20th century, it describes a pocket-sized card with embedded integrated circuits capable of processing data.

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