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Take a magnet, swipe it on the magnetic strip on the card.
So that credit card swiping machines can read them.
There are generally two methods for swiping cards. The first method is using a normal swipe machine. These can be purchased from many suppliers. One supplier is Merchant Equipment Store. The other way to swipe a card is with a smartphone. There are a few cell phone companies that offer this service, one of them is Verizon Wireless.
A card swipe refers to any card with a magnetic strip that must be slid into an electronic device. These cards are usually used at banks and on public transportation.
you swipe the card and press thebutton! Presto!
Actually in swiping machines you can swipe your atm card for transactions by just entering the pin number. Where some of them accepts card transactions. There you can use it. Here i used to prefer virual debit card for secure transactions.
Swipe terminals are safer than other forms of credit card readers; to date there have been no reports of any swipe reader having lifters or phishers on them to harvest credit card numbers or information in the magnetic strip.
To swipe a credit card has two meanings. The most usual meaning is the action of passing a credit card through a machine which reads the card's magnetically encoded data. In British English swipe also means to steal, nick, pinch or purloin, so to swipe a credit card could also mean to steal it.
The PDQ machine is used when a purchase involves a credit card or a debit card. A customer will swipe their card and then follow the instructions on the PDQ device to complete the transaction.
A magnetic stripe card contains a magnetic stripe that stores information. Unlike smart cards, magnetic stripe cards are passive devices that contain no circuits. These cards are sometimes called swipe cards: they are read when swiped through a card reader.
Your checking account is linked to a routing number that your bank sends to a credit company when you apply for a debit card. When you swipe your card in the machine and enter your pin, the credit takes the money in your account and gives you an equal amount out at the machine.
To swipe someone's v-card means to deprive someone of his or her virginity.