swipe card

noun

plural swipe cards

: a plastic card with a magnetic strip that has encoded information which can be read when the card is slid through an electronic card-reading device

… announced proposals to introduce electronic swipe cards for regular, pre-screened travelers that would allow them to bypass lengthy passport lines.—

Harvey Morris

… specialists were able to trace the messages to a remote location on campus and match their posting times to those when a certain student used his campus swipe card to get in and out of the same building.—

Barrett Seaman

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All campus buildings require swipe card access on Saturdays and Sundays. —

Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 27 Feb. 2023 All of Next Level’s pinball and arcade games are set to free play, so no coins or swipe cards are needed. —

Sswindler, oregonlive, 26 Mar. 2023 All buildings are locked outside of business hours with access limited to swipe card access. —

Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 27 Feb. 2023