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The term '''card''' (from Greek ''د‡خ¬دپد„خ·د‚'' - ''chartؤ“s'', "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 or yellow 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:* 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 broadcast
Surname
- Andrew Card (born 1947), former White House Chief of Staff
- Charles Ora Card (1839-1906), American Mormon pioneer
- Clellan Card (1903-1966), American radio broadcaster
- David Card, Canadian economist
- Michael Card (born 1957), American musician
- Orson Scott Card (born 1951), author of the ''Ender's Game'' Series
- Ray Card born (1957), Australian rules footballer
- Rأ©my Card, French software developer
- Stuart Card, Computer researcher
Sports
Teams- Arizona Cardinals, a National Football League team
- Louisville Cardinals, the athletic teams of the University of Louisville
- St. Louis Cardinals, a Major League Baseball team
Other
- Card (professional wrestling), the lineup of the matches that will be staged at a given venue for a given performance
Acronyms
- The CARDS programme (Community Assistance for Reconstruction Development and Stabilisation), the European Union's main financial assistance instrument to the Western Balkans.
- Caspase recruitment domains, or CARD domains, are interaction motifs found in a wide array of proteins.
- Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases
Other
- may be used in mathematical notation as a function that returns the cardinality of a set. See also cardinal number.
- The Card, Arnold Bennett's 1911 novel and the 1952 film derived from it
- http://www.pennyduncancreations.etsy.com - Art/Greeting Cards created by Penny Duncan with Penny Duncan CreationsCategory:Surnames
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