# PC/SC

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**PC/SC** (short for "Personal Computer/Smart Card") is a specification for [smart-card](/source/Smart-card) integration into [computing](/source/Computing) environments.

Microsoft has implemented PC/SC in [Microsoft Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows) 200x/XP and makes it available under [Microsoft Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows) NT/9x. A free implementation of PC/SC, PC/SC Lite, is available for [Linux](/source/Linux) and other Unixes; a forked version comes bundled with [Mac OS X](/source/Mac_OS_X).

## Work group

### Core members

- [Gemalto](/source/Gemalto)
- [Infineon](/source/Infineon)
- [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft)
- [Toshiba](/source/Toshiba)

### Associate members

[Advanced Card Systems](/source/Advanced_Card_Systems) • [Alcor Micro](/source/Alcor_Micro) • [Athena Smartcard Solutions](/source/Athena_Smartcard_Solutions) • Bloombase • [C3PO S.L.](/source/C3PO_S.L.) • [Cherry Electrical Products](/source/Cherry_(keyboards)) • [Cross S&T](/source/Cross_S%26T) Inc. • [Dai Nippon Printing](/source/Dai_Nippon_Printing) Co., Ltd. • [Feitian Technologies](/source/Feitian_Technologies) • [Kobil Systems](/source/Kobil_Systems) GmbH • [Silitek](/source/Silitek) • [Nidec Sankyo Corporation](/source/Nidec_Sankyo) • [O2Micro](/source/O2Micro), Inc. • [OMNIKEY](/source/HID_Global#Products) ([HID Global](/source/HID_Global)) • [Precise Biometrics](/source/Precise_Biometrics) • [Realtek Semiconductor](/source/Realtek_Semiconductor) Corp. • [Research In Motion](/source/Research_In_Motion) • [Sagem Orga](/source/Morpho_(company)#Orga_Cards_Systems) • [SCM Microsystems](/source/Identiv) • [Siemens](/source/Siemens) • [Teridian Semiconductor Corp.](/source/Teridian_Semiconductor_Corp.)

## See also

- [CT-API](/source/CT-API), an alternative API

## External links

- [PC/SC Workgroup](http://www.pcscworkgroup.com)
- [Free Implementation (PCSCLite)](https://pcsclite.apdu.fr/)
- [pcsc-tools](https://pcsc-tools.apdu.fr/) free commandline tools for PC/SC
- [Winscard](http://msdn2.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/aa374731.aspx#smart_card_functions) Smart Card API functions in Microsoft Windows XP/2000
- [SMACADU](http://www.literatecode.com/smacadu/) open source smart card analyzing tools
- [PC/SC Reader](http://www.pcscreader.com) List PC/SC-standard readers

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