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CARTE SANDWICH MAGNETIQUE [1 record]

Record 1 2011-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Security
  • Security Devices
  • Security
DEF

An identity card which has been die-cut from three-layer stock. The middle layer is gamma ferric oxide and is magnetized in a pattern of dots. A card reader electronically examines the dot pattern.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité générale de l'entreprise
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
  • Sécurité
OBS

Pluriel : des sandwichs; des sandwiches.

OBS

sandwichs (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

Spanish

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