ICCD

by 15/09/2014

Integrated Circuit Card Device. A particular implementation of CCID, where the "reader" and the "smartcard" are a single device. The "smartcard" is actually an electronic component and not a plastic card.

Definitioner

CCID: Circuit Card Interface Device. A subset of the USB specification that is the standard for USB based smartcard readers.
reader (Microprocessor-based card): An ICC (or a PICC) whose chip is a small computer. This is the case of high-end cards used in payment, transport, eID/passports, access control... Key features are security, ability to store a large amount of data and to run an application inside the chip. Most of the time they implement the command set defined by ISO 7816-4.
reader (CD): Coupling device or coupler. A device able to communicate with an ICC. This is what everybody calls a smartcard reader. Technically speaking it could be seen as a gateway between the computer and the card.
smartcard (ICC): Integrated-circuit card. This is the standard name for a plastic card holding a silicon chip (an integrated circuit) compliant with the ISO 7816 standards. A common name is smartcard.