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MRZ (Machine-Readable Zone)

The lower portion of the passport biographical page printed in OCR-B font, structured according to ICAO 9303 TD3 format (two lines of 44 characters), machine-parsed by border readers and containing holder data with check digits.

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BAC (Basic Access Control)Check-digit algorithmFADO (False and Authentic Documents Online)ICAO 9303KINEGRAMPassive Authentication (PA)Photo substitutionPolycarbonate biographical pageSLTD database

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