50,000 dutch nurses use NFC phones daily

Re:50,000 dutch nurses use NFC phones daily by chrisbennet on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @12:37PM (#2942151)

OK, I'll ask; What does "NFC" stand for?

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Re:50,000 dutch nurses use NFC phones daily by dminor on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @12:38PM (#2942154)

Near Field Communications - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_field_communication

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Re:50,000 dutch nurses use NFC phones daily by blahedo on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @02:09PM (#2942535)

Part of me wants to snark back at you (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=NFC), but I had to look it up too, and the larger issue is: this page really should have told us. I'm familiar with the general concept, but the acronym is not yet in mainstream use!

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Re:50,000 dutch nurses use NFC phones daily by barttenbrinke on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @03:48PM (#2942959)

Simple explanation: RFID => reading a chip, NFC => communicating with a chip.

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