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PCMCIA

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Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. (Or People Can't Memorise Computer Industry Acronyms).

PCMCIA

(Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, San Jose, CA) An international standards body and trade association that was founded in 1989 to establish a standard for connecting peripherals to portable computers. PCMCIA created the PC Card, CardBus and ExpressCard standards. In 2010, PCMCIA's assets were acquired by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF). See PC Card.
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PCMCIA offers a two-step compliance process intended to assure interoperability between ExpressCard modules and systems.
The ExpressCard Standard: next-generation PC card technology
First shipments of the PCMCIA ABSplus, Desktop ABS and new line of CMS swap drives containing the new 4.
CMS ANNOUNCES HARDWARE, SOFTWARE AND OS UPDATES TO PORTABLE DATA STORAGE AND RECOVERY SOLUTIONS
Designed to fit Type II, Type III, and Toshiba 16 mm PCMCIA slots, the new modems comply with PCMCIA Release 2.
Two high-speed, power-saving PCMCIA modems from Practical Peripherals
The PCMCIA appreciates the opportunity to transfer its standards and support to the USB-IF," said Brad Saunders, PCMCIA chairman.
USB-IF Announces Intent to Acquire PCMCIA Assets
To further support PCMCIA compatibility, Toshiba has maintained a PCMCIA verification lab which evaluates and ensures that both its Noteworthy-branded PCMCIA cards as well as more than 50 PCMCIA cards available from other manufacturers are fully operational in Toshiba portable computer products.
Toshiba ships PCMCIA card manager with selected notebook mobile multimedia and pen computers
Faster PCMCIA ATA Memory and I/O modes will also be added in 2006 to provide a maximum PCMCIA ATA interface transfer rate of 133MB/sec.
CompactFlash Association Celebrates 10th Anniversary; Progress in CompactFlash(R) Capacity, Data Rates and User Costs Have Been Amazing
The APC PCMCIA Password Manager permits storage of up to 20 different fingerprints or 20 different users on a single laptop - an unlimited number of logins and passwords are permitted for each user.
AuthenTec's Power of Touch Enables Password Replacement, Fast User Switching in New APC Biometric Card for Laptops; Stores 20 Different Fingerprints; Allows Unlimited Login Names and Passwords
PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association) is an international standards body and trade association with over 200 member companies that was founded in 1989 to establish standards for Integrated Circuit cards and to promote interchangeability among mobile computers where ruggedness, low power, and small size were critical.
WJ Provides Serial Interface Board Application Kit for MPR Series RFID Cards; This Kit Enables Simple Integration of WJ RFID Cards in Existing OEM Reader Products
The MPR7000 leverages the common PCMCIA Type II package but with serial communications and separate bias power connections.
WJ Announces a 1.0 Watt Multi-Protocol PCMCIA Type II Reader Card; Small Form Factor and High Power Enables OEM Reader Products With Greater Read Range
WJ has seen wide-spread interest in its Multi-Protocol, PCMCIA Type II, RFID Cards since the product launch last month.
WJ Communications to Showcase Its RFID Products at the 11th International Exhibition of Automatic Identification Technology in Shanghai, China
The MPR RFID Cards are Type II PCMCIA compatible and operate with the EPCglobal(TM) Class 0 and Class 1 RFID standards.
WJ Announces First Volume Production Order for Multi-Protocol RFID Reader Cards; EPC Class 0/1/UHF Reader Cards to Start Volume Shipping in Fourth Quarter
The MPR 5000 RFID Card is Type II PCMCIA compatible and operates with the EPCglobal(TM) Class 0 and Class 1 RFID standards.
WJ Announces the MPR 5000 -- A Multi-Protocol EPC Class 0/1 RFID Card with Integrated Antenna in a PCMCIA Type II Package

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