MARKEM Cimjet RFID, Operation & Service Manual, Page: 15 / 158

SECTION 1 General Information
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scanner – the antennae, transmitter (or exciter) and receiver
electronics are integrated in a single package called the scanner;
they may be combined with additional digital electronics, including a
microprocessor in a package called a
reader
tag – the transmitter/receiver pair, or the transceiver plus the
information storage mechanism, attached to the object, is referred to
as the tag, transponder, electronic tag, code plate, and various other
terms. Although
transponder is technically the most accurate, the
most common term and the one preferred by the Automatic
Identification manufacturers is
tag
transponder – see tag
verify – assure that the desired operation was performed correctly
write – transfer of data to a tag; the tag’s internal operation of
storing the data, sometimes including the data, in order to verify the
operation
write rate – rate at which information is transferred to a tag, written
into the tag’s memory and verified as being correct; it is quantified
as the average number of bits or bytes per second in which the
complete transaction can be performed