card reader

See also: card-reader

English

A point of sale terminal featuring a card reader for credit and debit cards.

A device for reading memory cards such SD cards

The punch card feed of a Zeiss-Rechen-Automat 1 (in German)

Alternative forms

• card-reader

Noun

card reader (plural card readers)

1. (computing) A data input device that reads data from a card-shaped storage medium.
2. A cartomancer.

Translations

device

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 讀卡器 / 读卡器 (zh) (dúkǎqì)

• Estonian: kaardilugeja
• Finnish: kortinlukija
• Japanese: カードリーダー (kādorīdā)
• Korean: 카드 리더 (kadeu rideo)
• Portuguese: leitor de cartão m
• Romanian: cititor de cartele (ro) n

Further reading

• card reader on Wikipedia.Wikipedia