Tough IC card appears late, it has the best prospects. IC card will become the mainstream by superseding the cards using widely now, such as photoelectricity card, bar code card and magcard.

其中IC卡是卡片家庭中出现最晚，但却是最有前途的一种，最终它将取代现在广泛使用的光电卡、条码卡、磁卡的地位而成为主流。

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He also sees a trend toward e-gift cards or virtual gift cards, which boil the card down to a bar code--no plastic necessary.

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