Originally Posted by ashyu

No, I'm pretty sure you're right. At least, I've never heard them be referred to by anything other than "smartcard". (other than sometimes as "chip cards" - usually in relation to bank or credit cards). There are also contactless smartcards that do not have the visible contacts.

I think people have mixed up smart cards with "SmartMedia" cards in their minds. The latter is an older flash memory card technology (similar in use-case to Secure Digital cards).

I am curious though, to know what you have used smart cards for in the past? My laptop has an integrated smart card slot in it, but I haven't really found a use for it. I believe that most enterprise users would use it for security authentication purposes (e.g. you must have the smartcard inserted to log onto the network, etc).