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 card

  Non-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

• $card$ may be used in mathematical notation as a function that returns the cardinality of a set. See also cardinal number.

• Cardboard

• Card reader

• 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 Creations

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