Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2018 August 8

= August 8 =

What does it mean to tap a credit card?
Referring back to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2018_July_14#What_does_it_mean_to_tap? this question], I seem to have found a new definition for the word tap and want to make sure it is covered in Wikipedia somewhere, including the disambiguation page.

I saw a commercial where someone hit a device with a credit card. I didn't get a good enough look at the device but it looks like it might be the one where I swipe the card if I can or insert it if it accepts a chip.— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  20:58, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
 * See Contactless payment - tap-and-go. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 23:51, 8 August 2018 (UTC)


 * That might be something for Wiktionary, not Wikipedia:, and a question for the language ref desk, not computing. Anyway, 'tap' as a transitive verb meaning "to strike lightly" is not a neologism. --Doroletho (talk) 13:54, 9 August 2018 (UTC) in


 * I disagree. What you do with a credit card needs to be mentioned somewhere, and apparently it is.— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  14:42, 9 August 2018 (UTC)