Many video game and amusement centers now use debit card systems based on magnetic stripe cards.
Because of their physically unclonable functions, it is highly improbable that two magnetic stripe cards will ever be identical.
This makes them more efficient than magnetic stripe cards since they can be detected through a wallet or purse.
Disposable magnetic stripe cards were introduced in 1993 on a trial basis, and used as unlimited monthly tickets between 1996 and 1998.
This and related ferrite materials are components in magnetic stripe cards.
Unlike bar codes and magnetic stripe cards, many touch memory solutions can be written to as well as being read.
These have generally been replaced with magnetic stripe cards.
E stations work with magnetic stripe card and bills are sent to the cell phone - the government hopes to export the concept to other countries.
All states have systems that use magnetic stripe cards and "on-line" authorization of transactions.
The final character encoded in a magnetic stripe card is a computed Longitudinal redundancy check.