PC/SC
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PC/SC (short for "Personal Computer/Smart Card") is a specification for smart-card integration into computing environments. Microsoft has implemented PC/SC in Microsoft Windows 200x/XP and makes it available under Microsoft Windows NT/9x. A free implementation of PC/SC, PC/SC Lite, is available for Linux and other Unixes; a forked version comes bundled with Mac OS X.
PC/SC (short for "Personal Computer/Smart Card") is a specification for smart-card integration into computing environments. Microsoft has implemented PC/SC in Microsoft Windows 200x/XP and makes it available under Microsoft Windows NT/9x. A free implementation of PC/SC, PC/SC Lite, is available for Linux and other Unixes; a forked version comes bundled with Mac OS X.
Work group
Core members
Gemalto Infineon Microsoft Toshiba
Associate members
Advanced Card Systems Alcor Micro Athena Smartcard Solutions Bloombase C3PO S.L. Cherry Electrical Products Cross S&T Inc. Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. Feitian Technologies Kobil Systems GmbH Silitek Nidec Sankyo Corporation O2Micro, Inc. OMNIKEY (HID Global) Precise Biometrics Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Research In Motion Sagem Orga SCM Microsystems Siemens Teridian Semiconductor Corp.
See also
CT-API, an alternative API
External links
PC/SC Workgroup Free Implementation (PCSCLite) pcsc-tools free commandline tools for PC/SC Winscard Smart Card API functions in Microsoft Windows XP/2000 SMACADU open source smart card analyzing tools PC/SC Reader List PC/SC-standard readers de:PC/SC#Der PC/SC-Standard
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