Finish
A description of the materials on the top layer of an NFC tag.
Glossary
Technical terms used in Connected Things
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
The range of frequencies that light (photons) can exist; includes visible, x-ray, radio (RF) gamma. Related Wikipedia – Electromagnetic Spectrum -
Digital Printing
A print methodology in which the artwork is rendered digitally for each product to be printed as opposed to .... -
Encoder Software
Software used to encode NFC tags. Related Encoder Software -
Firmware
Computer software that is run on a hardware device to control the hardware; sometimes can be upgraded by the user.... -
Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ)
The smallest quantity of product that has to be purchased per order. Related -
Flexographic Printing
A print methodology based on relief plates; as opposed to . Related Wikipedia – Flexographic Printing -
Food Safe Tags
The use of materials which comply with USA FDA 21 CFR and EU food regulations for the safe use on... -
Bleed Line
A virtual line on a printed product indicating the maximum printable area prior to die cutting. -
Direct Transfer Printing
A print technology that directly heats the substrate. Often used for card printing. -
Bulk Data
Bulk data describes when the same data is encoded on every tag. Bulk data is in contrast to . -
Application Programming Interface (API)
A connection point to an online system used by remote clients -
Cut Line
A virtual line on a printed product indicating the approximate location of a die cut after printing. -
Beacon
A Bluetooth based tag technology; often refers to Apple’s iBeacon. Related iBeacon – Wikipedia -
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
A hardware transmitter that broadcasts to nearby devices. -
Clone Tag
A process to duplicate a physical tag so it appears the same to software. -
Delivery Format
A description of the physical format of tags. Formats include roll, sheet, or individually cut. -
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS)
A hard, durable plastic material used to make durable NFC tags. Other Resources Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene – Wikipedia -
Correlated Tag Encoding
An NFC encoding method that matches variable printed data on a physical tag to the data encoded to the NFC... -
Clear Inlay
NFC Inlay with a transparent PET layer used as the substrate. Related