ViVOtech Inc. VIVOPAY8100 Manual Do Utilizador

ViVOpay 8100 User Guide

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Glossary 

The combination of a traditional cash register and a POS terminal, often PC-based.

American Express contactless payment product that utilizes contactless technology. 

Software that is embedded in a hardware device that allows reading and executing the 

software, but does not allow modification, e.g., writing or deleting data by an end user.
Example: Firmware is a computer program in a read-only memory (ROM) integrated circuit 

chip. A hardware configuration is usually used to represent the software. 
Example: Firmware is a program embedded in an erasable programmable read-only memory 

(EPROM) chip, which program may be modified by special external hardware, but not by an 

application program. 

A key chain device or other non-standard credit card sized form factor that has an embedded 

radio frequency (RF) chip. 

MasterCard's contactless payment product that utilizes contactless technology.

Near Field Communications.

Near Field Communications (NFC) phone. A technology that enables communication between a 

secure element in a mobile device and a contactless reader to make credit/debit payments. 

Also see UICC.

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) mission is to enhance 

payment account data security. PCI 2.0 is a set of standards created by PCI SSC to increase 

the security of card data.

Refers to terminals used in retail stores with a magnetic stripe reader, keyboard, display and 

autodialer modem or IP connection, connected to the telephone/internet network and used for 

on-line credit/debit authorization. Can also be connected to a host computer, which handles all 

transaction processing including item price look-up, data collection, and credit/debit 

authorization.

Payment method utilizing contactless technology such as RF, Infrared (IrDA) or Near Field 

Communications (NFC). 

Any frequency that corresponds to radio signals, including those used by cellular telephones 

and wireless networks.

The Point of Sale device that receives the RF transmission from a card, fob or NFC phone.

Visa's contactless payment product that utilizes contactless technology.