From the course: CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1101) Cert Prep

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Readers and scanners

Readers and scanners

From the course: CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1101) Cert Prep

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Readers and scanners

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- The CompTIA exam goes through a number of different devices that I collectively call readers and scanners. So what I want to start off with is this little guy right here. So if you take a look at so many cards that are in our lives, you'll notice that there's a little chip here. This chip stores credentials that help authenticate this card to whatever they might be doing, typing in passcodes or buying gas, whatever it might be. We call these smart cards. Smart cards are all over the place. This is a credit card, but you'll see them on people with their credentials. They're very, very common. So this is a smart card reader. Now, this is a USB device, and I've just shove it in, and it will actually read the card itself and no, I'm not going to show you (chuckles) the output 'cause that would include my American Express account number, and you don't get to see that. Now, the nice thing about smart card readers is that…

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