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Y'know those newfangled fancy electronic cards that hotels are now using for room keys? What are they called?
Well, http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/hotelkey.asp calls 'em 'keycards' and (once) 'cardkeys', and quotes others as calling 'em 'card-keys', 'card keys' (those two by the very same person), 'key-cards', and 'key cards'. All on the same (recent) Web page!
The (well, a) problem with Google is that you can't search for strings. Thus, for instance, it doesn't distinguish between 'key card' and 'key-card'. But here are stats:
"key card" ~87000
keycard ~61000
cardkey ~ 7270
"card-key" ~45100
And, from Google Groups (fka DN obm):
"card-key" ~ 4000
cardkey ~10400
keycard ~ 9060
"key-card" ~11900
Michael Hamm Since mid-September of 2003, AM, Math, Wash. U. St. Louis I've been erasing too much UBE. (Email Removed) Of a reply, then, if you have been cheated, http://math.wustl.edu/~msh210/ Likely your mail's by mistake been deleted.
Well, http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/hotelkey.asp calls 'em 'keycards' and (once) 'cardkeys', and quotes others as calling 'em 'card-keys', 'card keys' (those two by the very same person), 'key-cards', and 'key cards'. All on the same (recent) Web page!
The (well, a) problem with Google is that you can't search for strings. Thus, for instance, it doesn't distinguish between 'key card' and 'key-card'. But here are stats:
"key card" ~87000
keycard ~61000
cardkey ~ 7270
"card-key" ~45100
And, from Google Groups (fka DN obm):
"card-key" ~ 4000
cardkey ~10400
keycard ~ 9060
"key-card" ~11900
Michael Hamm Since mid-September of 2003, AM, Math, Wash. U. St. Louis I've been erasing too much UBE. (Email Removed) Of a reply, then, if you have been cheated, http://math.wustl.edu/~msh210/ Likely your mail's by mistake been deleted.
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[nq:1]Y'know those newfangled fancy electronic cards that hotels are now using for room keys? What are they called? asp ...
- [nq:1]Y'know those newfangled fancy electronic cards that hotels are now using for room keys?
- What are they called?
- asp ...
- 7270 "card-key" ~45100 And, from Google Groups (fka DN obm): "card-key" ~ 4000 cardkey ~10400 keycard ~ 9060 "key-card" ~11900[/nq] I believe I've usually called it a "key-card thing" or "key-card thingie".
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[nq:1]Y'know those newfangled fancy electronic cards that hotels are now using for room keys? What are they called? Well, http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/hotelkey.asp ... 7270 "card-key" ~45100 And, from Google Groups (fka DN obm): "card-key" ~ 4000 cardkey ~10400 keycard ~ 9060 "key-card" ~11900[/n
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[nq:1]Y'know those newfangled fancy electronic cards that hotels are now using for room keys? What are they called?[/nq]
When they open up a hotel room door, I call them "keys." When they get you into a parking lot, I call them key cards.
Dena Jo
(Email: Replace TPUBGTH with denajo2)
When they open up a hotel room door, I call them "keys." When they get you into a parking lot, I call them key cards.
Dena Jo
(Email: Replace TPUBGTH with denajo2)
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Michael Hamm filted:
[nq:1]Y'know those newfangled fancy electronic cards that hotels are now using for room keys? What are they called? Well, http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/hotelkey.asp ... 'card keys' (those two by the very same person), 'key-cards', and 'key cards'. All on the same (recent)
[nq:1]Y'know those newfangled fancy electronic cards that hotels are now using for room keys? What are they called? Well, http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/hotelkey.asp ... 'card keys' (those two by the very same person), 'key-cards', and 'key cards'. All on the same (recent)
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[nq:1]Michael Hamm filted:[/nq]
[nq:2]Y'know those newfangled fancy electronic cards that hotels are now ... and 'key cards'. All on the same (recent) Web page![/nq]
[nq:1]Most of the places I've used them call them by the name of the manufacturer..."here's your Ving card"...first time I saw one was in 1980..r[/nq]
Many of them now are Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) "smart" card
[nq:2]Y'know those newfangled fancy electronic cards that hotels are now ... and 'key cards'. All on the same (recent) Web page![/nq]
[nq:1]Most of the places I've used them call them by the name of the manufacturer..."here's your Ving card"...first time I saw one was in 1980..r[/nq]
Many of them now are Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) "smart" card
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Spehro Pefhany filted:
[nq:2]Most of the places I've used them call them by the name of the manufacturer..."here's your Ving card"...first time I saw one was in 1980..r[/nq]
[nq:1]Many of them now are Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) "smart" cards. The older ones were like most current credit cards- just a simple laminated plastic card with a magnetic stripe.[/nq]
The one I used t
[nq:2]Most of the places I've used them call them by the name of the manufacturer..."here's your Ving card"...first time I saw one was in 1980..r[/nq]
[nq:1]Many of them now are Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) "smart" cards. The older ones were like most current credit cards- just a simple laminated plastic card with a magnetic stripe.[/nq]
The one I used t
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[nq:1]The (well, a) problem with Google is that you can't search for strings. Thus, for instance, it doesn't distinguish between 'key card' and 'key-card'.[/nq]
I got a surprising result from Google when I searched for "card-key" or "card key". I got at least a couple of hits for "card's key". I always assumed that Google just ignored the dash, but it's apparently more complicated than
I got a surprising result from Google when I searched for "card-key" or "card key". I got at least a couple of hits for "card's key". I always assumed that Google just ignored the dash, but it's apparently more complicated than
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[nq:1]The (well, a) problem with Google is that you can't search for strings. Thus, for instance, it doesn't distinguish between ... 7270 "card-key" ~45100 And, from Google Groups (fka DN obm): "card-key" ~ 4000 cardkey ~10400 keycard ~ 9060 "key-card" ~11900[/nq]
'Keycard' is also a brand name that some banks (one in Australia at least) use for their ATM cards. That might be skewing th
'Keycard' is also a brand name that some banks (one in Australia at least) use for their ATM cards. That might be skewing th
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I frequently call them a flaming nuisance because they often don't work and I have to go back to the front desk for help. (This whether they are RFID, punched card or magnetic stripe styles.)
Cheers, Sage
Cheers, Sage
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[nq:2]Y'know those newfangled fancy electronic cards that hotels are now using for room keys? What are they called?(snip)[/nq]
[nq:1]I frequently call them a flaming nuisance because they often don't work and I have to go back to the front desk for help. (This whether they are RFID, punched card or magnetic stripe styles.)[/nq]
I recently stayed in a place that used little electronic modul
[nq:1]I frequently call them a flaming nuisance because they often don't work and I have to go back to the front desk for help. (This whether they are RFID, punched card or magnetic stripe styles.)[/nq]
I recently stayed in a place that used little electronic modul
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[nq:1]Y'know those newfangled fancy electronic cards that hotels are now using for room keys? What are they called? Well, http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/hotelkey.asp ... 7270 "card-key" ~45100 And, from Google Groups (fka DN obm): "card-key" ~ 4000 cardkey ~10400 keycard ~ 9060 "key-card" ~11900[/n
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