Editing Smart card (section)

{{Short description|Pocket-sized card with authentication circuitry}}
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A '''smart card''' ('''SC'''), '''chip card''', or '''integrated circuit card''' ('''ICC''' or '''IC card'''), is a card used to control access to a resource. It is typically a plastic credit card-sized card with an [[Embedded system|embedded]] [[integrated circuit]] (IC) chip.<ref>{{Cite web|title = ISO/IEC 7816-2:2007 – Assignment of contacts C4 and C8|url = http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_ics/catalogue_detail_ics.htm?csnumber=45989|website = iso.org|access-date = 20 August 2015|archive-date = 4 March 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093036/http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_ics/catalogue_detail_ics.htm?csnumber=45989|url-status = live}}</ref> Many smart cards include a pattern of metal contacts to electrically connect to the internal chip. Others are [[Contactless smart card|contactless]], and some are both. Smart cards can provide personal identification, authentication, data storage, and application processing.<ref>{{ cite book | title = Multi-application Smart Cards | publisher = Cambridge University Press }}</ref> Applications include identification, financial, public transit, computer security, schools, and healthcare. Smart cards may provide strong security authentication for [[single sign-on]] (SSO) within organizations. Numerous nations have deployed smart cards throughout their populations.

The [[universal integrated circuit card]] (UICC) for mobile phones, installed as pluggable [[SIM card]] or embedded [[eSIM]], is also a type of smart card. {{As of|2015}}, 10.5{{nbsp}}billion smart card IC chips are manufactured annually, including 5.44{{nbsp}}billion SIM card IC chips.<ref name="ihs">{{cite news |last1=Tait |first1=Don |title=Smart card IC shipments to reach 12.8 billion units in 2020 |url=https://technology.ihs.com/582859/smart-card-ic-shipments-to-reach-128-billion-units-in-2020 |access-date=24 October 2019 |work=IHS Technology |publisher=IHS Markit |date=25 August 2016 |archive-date=24 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024214524/https://technology.ihs.com/582859/smart-card-ic-shipments-to-reach-128-billion-units-in-2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>