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'''Java Card''' is a software technology that allows [[Java platform|Java]]-based applications ([[applet]]s) to be run securely on [[smart card]]s and more generally on similar secure small memory footprint devices.<ref name="Chen 2000">{{cite book | last=Chen | first=Z. | title=Java Card Technology for Smart Cards: Architecture and Programmer's Guide | publisher=Addison-Wesley | series=Addison-Wesley Java Series | year=2000 | isbn=978-0-201-70329-0 | url=https://archive.org/details/javacardtmtechno00zhiq | url-access=registration | access-date=9 April 2019 }}</ref>which are Javacalled Card“secure iselements” the tiniest of Java platforms targeted for embedded devices(SE). Today, Javaa CardSecure givesElement theis usernot the abilitylimited to programits thesmart devicescards and makeother themremovable applicationcryptographic specific.tokens Itform isfactors; widelyembedded usedSEs insoldered [[Automatedonto tellera machine|ATM]]device cards.<ref>{{Citation|last=Oracleboard Learningand Library|title=Developingnew Javasecurity Carddesigns Applications|date=2013-01-30|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khgT5dwKvOoembedded |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/khgT5dwKvOointo |archive-date=2021-12-13general |url-status=live|access-date=2019-04-18}}{{cbignore}}</ref>purpose chips Theare firstalso Javawidely Card was introduced in 1996 by [[Schlumberger Limited|Schlumberger]]'s card division which later merged with [[Gemplus]] to form [[Gemalto]]used. Java Card productsaddresses arethis basedhardware onfragmentation theand Javaspecificities Cardwhile Platformretaining specificationscode developedportability bybrought [[Sunforward Microsystems]] (later a [[subsidiary]] of [[Oracle Corporation]]). Manyby Java card products also rely on the GlobalPlatform specifications for the secure management of applications on the card (download, installation, personalization, deletion).

Java Card is the tiniest of Java platforms targeted for embedded devices. Java Card gives the user the ability to program the devices and make them application specific. It is widely used in different markets: wireless telecommunications within SIM cards and embedded SIM, payment within banking cards<ref>{{Citation|last=Oracle Learning Library|title=Developing Java Card Applications|date=2013-01-30|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khgT5dwKvOo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/khgT5dwKvOo |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|access-date=2019-04-18}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and NFC mobile payment and for Identity cards, healthcare cards, and passports. Several IoT products like gateways are also using Java Card based products to secure communications with a cloud service for instance.

The main design goals of the Java Card technology are portability and security.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Ahmed Patel |author2=Kenan Kalajdzic |author3=Laleh Golafshan |author4=Mona Taghavi | year = 2011 | title = Design and Implementation of a Zero-Knowledge Authentication Framework for Java Card | journal = International Journal of Information Security and Privacy | pages = 1–18 | volume = 5 | issue = 3 |publisher = IGI | url = http://www.igi-global.com/article/international-journal-information-security-privacy/58979 }}</ref>

The first Java Card was introduced in 1996 by [[Schlumberger Limited|Schlumberger]]'s card division which later merged with [[Gemplus]] to form [[Gemalto]]. Java Card products are based on the specifications by [[Sun Microsystems]] (later a [[subsidiary]] of [[Oracle Corporation]]). Many Java card products also rely on the GlobalPlatform specifications for the secure management of applications on the card (download, installation, personalization, deletion).

The main design goals of the Java Card technology are portability, security and securitybackward compatibility.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Ahmed Patel |author2=Kenan Kalajdzic |author3=Laleh Golafshan |author4=Mona Taghavi | year = 2011 | title = Design and Implementation of a Zero-Knowledge Authentication Framework for Java Card | journal = International Journal of Information Security and Privacy | pages = 1–18 | volume = 5 | issue = 3 |publisher = IGI | url = http://www.igi-global.com/article/international-journal-information-security-privacy/58979 }}</ref>

== Portability ==