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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a card reader" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a device that reads data from cards, such as credit cards or identification cards.
Example: "I need to buy a card reader to process payments at the event."
Alternatives: "card scanner" or "card processing device".
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He asked the machine designer about the details of running punch cards through a card reader.
The new keys would be plastic, with a magnetic strip swiped through a card reader on the door.
A card reader device could be loaded with a laminated card – orange to look for explosives, blue for narcotics.
Lisa Garcia, a card reader, helps customers with personal problems and says she removes pain with her hands.
So you never need to pack or find a cable or a card reader when you want to transfer pictures; the camera connects right to the computer.
Instructions read from a card reader or other slow mechanical device would not have been able to keep up with the all-electronic ENIAC.
Even the new version of Monopoly includes a credit card machine that allows you to pay digitally, with a card reader.
Or you have to dig out yet another dongle to use a sodding USB flash drive, or a card reader, or attach a display.
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The bank says they would never ask someone to use a card-reader over the phone - the fraudster had done this, and I did use it.
Unplug the card from your phone and connect it to Windows computer with a card-reader.
A yoga instructor, a tarot card reader, a master and his house slaves.
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