Glossary

The range of frequencies that light (photons) can exist; includes visible, x-ray, radio (RF) gamma. Related Wikipedia – Electromagnetic Spectrum

A description of the materials on the top layer of an NFC tag.

A print methodology in which the artwork is rendered digitally for each product to be printed as opposed to ....

A print technology that directly heats the substrate. Often used for card printing.

The smallest quantity of product that has to be purchased per order. Related  

A description of the physical format of tags. Formats include roll, sheet, or individually cut.

A label that has been individually cut out along its liner.

A process to duplicate a physical tag so it appears the same to software.

An NFC encoding method that matches variable printed data on a physical tag to the data encoded to the NFC...

A Bluetooth based tag technology; often refers to Apple’s iBeacon. Related iBeacon – Wikipedia  

Microsoft .NET programming language and framework.

An identity, or ID for short, is a that uniquely represents an item within a set of related items. IDs...

Computer software that is run on a hardware device to control the hardware; sometimes can be upgraded by the user....

A virtual line on a printed product indicating the maximum printable area prior to die cutting.

A material often used for NFC antennas.

A connection point to an online system used by remote clients

An electronic device that can start the communication with either a tag or another device.

What happens on the device when a tag is interacted with.

Manufacturer of NFC reader and writer hardware Related ACS Website

Color model that consists of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key (Black). Other Resources CMYK Color Model – Wikipedia