Card: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

The term card has many different meanings. These include:

• collectible card or trading card - either:
  • a card used in trading card game or collectible card game or
  • one of a set of cards, intended for trading or collecting, themed around a particular subject; examples include baseball cards and other sports cards, as well as comics cards and television series cards
• e-card - an electronic version of a postal card
• expansion cards in computers, such as the graphics card and sound card
• financial and identity cards: see card standards, credit card, debit card
• greeting card
• playing card - a card (typically made of laminated paper) often used for playing games
• postal card - a piece of paper for sending messages
• punch card - an obsolete method for storing data
• test card - for a television test pattern