Glossary

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.

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

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

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

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

Bulk data describes when the same data is encoded on every tag. Bulk data is in contrast to .

A tag that is not readable by a device. Related

Manufacturer of NFC reader and writer hardware Related ACS Website

A hardware transmitter that broadcasts to nearby devices.

Variable data, also called variable elements for printing describes when the data changes for each item. Variable data is in...

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

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

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

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

A URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) is an alphanumeric string that identifies a resource in a computer system; often on the...

A layout of tags on a roll when there is only one tag along the width of the roll.

An iron-based material used to absorb certain unwanted RF frequencies; used to allow  to work on metal surfaces. GoToTags calls...

The metal part of the and UHF RFID tag used to receive and broadcast RF signals. Antennas are typically made...

One time programmable memory is memory that can only be written to once; once a byte has been written to...