key fob

See also: keyfob

English

an electronic SecurID keyfob

Alternative forms

• keyfob

Noun

key fob (plural key fobs)

1. An item carried on a key ring either as decoration or for security.
2. A passive wireless electronic device that usually uses RFID technology to control access to buildings, containers, computers, etc. by being placed near a detector.
3. An active wireless electronic device that controls access to buildings or vehicles, such as a remote control for a car door lock.

   Hyponyms: electronic car key, plipper

   • 2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 416:

     She finds her key fob and unlocks the doors.

Translations

item carried on a key ring

• Belarusian: бірулька f (birulʹka)
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• Dutch: sleutelhanger (nl) m
• Finnish: avaimenperä
• German: Schlüsselanhänger (de) m
• Greek: μπρελόκ (el) n (brelók)
• Indonesian: gantungan kunci (id)
• Irish: siogairlín eochrach m
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• Polish: brelok (pl) m
• Romanian: breloc (ro)
• Russian: брело́к (ru) m (brelók)
• Swedish: nyckelring (sv)
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• Vietnamese: móc chìa khoá (vi)

passive device that controls access

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• Finnish: (elektroninen) avaimenperä, avaimenperätunnistin, RFID-avain
• German: elektronischer Schlüsselanhänger m, RFID-Schlüsselanhänger m, RFID-Transponder m
• Hungarian: közelítőkulcs
• Russian: брело́к (ru) m (brelók)

active device that controls access

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• Finnish: (kauko-ohjattava) autonavain
• German: (elektronischer) Autoschlüssel (de) m, Funkschlüssel
• Russian: брело́к (ru) m (brelók)