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Confused by the alphabet soup of contactless terminology?

 Alphabetical
Term Details Category
125 kHz The specific frequency referred to as "Low Frequency" or RFID Contactless Frequency
13.56 MHz The specific frequency referred to as "High Frequency" or NFC Contactless Frequency
ISO International Organization for Standardization Organization
ISO7816 Standard for Smart Cards Standard
ISO11784 Standard for RFID Animal Transponders Standard
ISO14443 High Speed, Short Range NFC standard Standard
ISO18092 Near Field Communication Interface and Protocol Standard
ISO15693 Low Speed, Less Short Range NFC standard Standard
DESFire Data Encryption Standard Fast Innovative Reliable and Enhanced Family
ICODE ISO15693 Transponders Family
JCOP Java Card Open Platform Operating System
magic A chip capable of changing its UID Feature
magic+ Same as magic plus it can emulate various chips Feature
MIFARE MIkron FARE Collection System Brand
 NFC Near Field Communication aka High Frequency Technology
NFC Forum A Group Dedicated to developing and promoting NFC Organization
NDEF NFC Data Exchange Format Data Format
NTAG Near Field Communication Tag Family
RFID Radio Frequency Identification aka High Frequency Technology

 

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