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The term card (from Greek "χάρτης" - "chartēs", "paper, papyrus"), primarily refers to
cardboard or a piece of this.More generally, the term can refer to any of various small flat objects, typically made from heavy paper or plastic. In particular:
*Business card , a wallet sized card containing contact information for a person or business
*Cigarette card , a trading card used to reinforce cigarette packaging
*Common Access Card (CAC), a Department of Defense (DoD) access & ID Card; contains a computer chip.
*Credit card , a plastic card for purchasing items on credit
*Debit card , a plastic card for purchasing items using money in a bank account
*Expansion card or computer card, a computer hardware component or device, attached generally inside a computer, that provides added functionality, such as a graphics card or sound card
*File card (tool) , a metal brush used to clean the cutting grooves on files
*Gift card , usually plastic payment tool that is mailed or given to a relative, friend, or associate as a method of purchasing within stores
*Greeting card , usually folded paper that is mailed or given to a relative, friend, or associate to express a message of greeting, appreciation, or some other sentiment
*Health card , a token to be used as patient data card (PDC) or health professional card (HPC)
*ID card , an identity document
*Index card , a card for creating and organizing notes in a stack, usually for a research project
*Library card , a card used to borrow books or other media from a library
*Memory card , a data storage device used with digital cameras, computers, telephones, music players, video game consoles, and other electronics
*Penalty cards for rule violations in several sports, e.g.red card oryellow card
*Playing card , a card, typically made of laminated paper, used for playing games
* Policy debate card, a piece of evidence in policy debate
*Postcard , a card used for sending messages in the mail without use of an envelope
*Punch card , an obsolete method for storing data
*Raising card , a spiked brush-like tool used to straighten out wool, hemp, etc.
*SIM card , a smart card identifying a mobile phone service subscriber
*Smart card , a plastic card containing a computer chip (also known as a Key Card)
*Trading card , a card used for trading or collecting, or for use in a collectible card game
*Value card , a self-help device listing behavior changes the bearer wants to make
*Visiting card , aka calling card, a more personal version of a business cardNon-physical analogues of physical cards:
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E-card , an electronic version of a greeting card or postcard
*Test card , also known as a test pattern, a television test signal, typically broadcast at times when the transmitter is active, but no programmes are being broadcastports
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Arizona Cardinals , a National Football League team
*Louisville Cardinals , the athletic teams of the University of Louisville
*St. Louis Cardinals , a Major League Baseball teamOther
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Card (professional wrestling) , the lineup of the matches that will be staged at a given venue for a given performanceAcronyms
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CARDS programme (Community Assistance for Reconstruction Development and Stabilisation), the European Union's main financial assistance instrument to the Western Balkans.
*Caspase recruitment domains, orCARD domains , are interaction motifs found in a wide array of proteins.
*Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases Other
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cardinality of a set. See alsocardinal number .
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*Card reader
*The Card , Arnold Bennett's 1911 novel and the 1952 film derived from it
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