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card reader
noun
a device, no longer widely used, for reading information on a punched card and transferring it to a computer Compare card punch
Example Sentences
Bishop Snow accused him of practising witchcraft - both because of the "seance" and the fact Jay happened to have a close friend who was a tarot card reader.
He recently began accepting payments through a credit card reader for the first time.
The worker presumably slipped your card into a bogus card reader and charged you $1,500 just as you were rushing to return your rental car and catch a flight out of the country, knowing you were unlikely to report the crime to Mexican authorities.
Professor Frank Marken, lead author of the study at the University of Bath, said: "Just as your contactless credit card doesn't need an external power source to work because the proximity of the card reader is enough to power it -- in a similar way, this sensor could create a small, measurable electrical current when lactate binds to it."
Sydney took a deep breath and pressed the ID against the electronic card reader.
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