blink technology
n.— «Chase Bank…will be the first to roll out what the industry calls contactless credit cards using what Chase has dubbed blink technology. Credit-card customers [will] simply pass those cards in front of a special reader attached to the cash register. And then, to speed things up, they might not even have to sign a receipt.» —“Social Studies” by Michael Kesterton Globe and Mail (Toronto, Can.) May 30, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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