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 ....

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

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

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.

Microsoft .NET programming language and framework.

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

A virtual line on a printed product indicating the approximate location of a die cut after printing.

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

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

A material often used for NFC antennas.

A hardware transmitter that broadcasts to nearby devices.

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

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

NFC Inlay with a transparent PET layer used as the substrate. Related

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

A hard, durable plastic material used to make durable NFC tags. Other Resources Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene – Wikipedia

A computer device which provides simplistic textual input to a computer which emulates typing on a keyboard. Several barcode scanners...