key fob

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key fob

(1) A remote control car door opener such as the common "clicker" used with most modern automobiles.

(2) A USB flash drive used for storage or as an identification key. See USB drive and authentication token.

(3) A security token that is attached to a keychain. Ironically, the word is also used as the antithesis of security: "fob off" means to "palm off" a shoddy trinket through deception. See authentication token.

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Some 30 million Americans could potentially be waving good-bye to the swipe system this year and adopting a key fob or contactless credit card, up from about 9 million last year, according to David Robertson, publisher of The Nilson Report, a Carpinteria-based newsletter that tracks the credit card industry.

CREDIT WITHOUT CONTACT KEY-FOB CARDS REPLACING OLD SCHOOL SWIPING by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

This can be a standard credit-card size or a key fob, smart tag, memory card, or other palm-sized device.

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Valet speed-clip key fob in brown leather with red trim and double nickel key rings, $38, by Coach.

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