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Noun: card reader
  1. An electronic device that can read data from plastic cards with a barcode, magnetic strip, computer chip, etc.
     
  2. (computing, historical) a device that reads the positions of coded holes on a punched card and translates them for a computer

Derived forms: card readers

Encyclopedia: Card reader