How Does A Magnetic Stripe On The Back Of A Credit Card Work: Revision history

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26 April 2024

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  • curprev 12:3012:30, 26 April 2024NAREmelia42997 talk contribs 4,116 bytes +4,116 Created page with "<br>­ The ­stripe on the back of a credit card is a magnetic stripe, often called a magstripe. The magstripe is made up of tiny iron-based magnetic particles in a plastic-like film. Each particle is really a very tiny bar magnet about 20 millionths of an inch long. ­The magstripe can be "written" because the tiny bar magnets can be magnetized in either a north or south pole direction. The magstripe on the back of the card is very similar to a piece of cassette tape fa..."