Beginning of Essay
1. Technology Requirements of a Smart Card What is a Smart Card? Before I outline the technology requirements of the project, I think it is helpful to define what exactly a smart card is. The actual term smart card comes from France. It was during a period of nat ....

Middle of Essay
.... only hold basic numerical data such as an account number. Smart Card Forum (1996). Types of Smart Card There are also different types of smart cards, as outlined by the Estonian Institute of Cybernetics (1995) i) An intelligent smart card contains a central processing unit - a CPU- that actually has the ability not only to store and secure information, but to make decisions as required. Because intelligent cards offer a "read/write" capability, new information can be added and processed. Different types of applications can be supported and will allow for new applications to be added to it. It will also maintain security "firewalls" between the ....