Definition of Magnetic stripe

1. Noun. A short strip of magnetic tape attached to a credit card or debit card; it contains data that will tell a reading device who you are and what your account number is, etc..

Generic synonyms: Mag Tape, Magnetic Tape, Tape
Group relationships: Charge Card, Charge Plate, Credit Card, Plastic, Debit Card

Definition of Magnetic stripe

1. Noun. A band of magnetic material in which tiny iron-based particles are used for data storage, used on swipecards. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Magnetic Stripe

magnetic reconnection
magnetic recorder
magnetic recording
magnetic recordings
magnetic resonance
magnetic resonance angiography
magnetic resonance imaging
magnetic resonance scanning
magnetic resonance spectroscopy
magnetic reversal
magnetic stirrer
magnetic storage
magnetic storage medium
magnetic storm
magnetic stress tensor
magnetic stripe (current term)
magnetic susceptibility
magnetic switching
magnetic tape
magnetic tapes
magnetic thermometer
magnetic variation
magnetic viscosity
magnetical
magnetically
magnetically insulated transmission line
magneticalness
magnetician
magneticians
magneticity

Literary usage of Magnetic stripe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Emerging Electronic Methods for Making Retail Payments by Judith S. Ruud, Philip Webre (1996)
"The magnetic stripe technology on most credit and debit cards currently used in the United States would not be sufficient to provide the higher level of ..."

2. Personal Banking Fraud: Hearings Before the Committee on Banking and edited by James A. Leach (2000)
"Information on the card's magnetic stripe is automatically read and transmitted, together with the amount of the proposed transaction, over Visa's BASE I ..."

3. Electronic Funds Fraud (1993)
"... friend, or acquaintance G. Misrepresentation of АЗУ. transactions by cardholder B. Alteration of magnetic stripe data I. Active card left in machine; ..."

4. Criminal Victimization in the U. S., 1992 (1994)
"applications (smart cards, unlike magnetic stripe cards, cannot be used with the existing base of on-line POS terminals).5 The ..."

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