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This is what a payment terminal looks like in most US chain stores. It would be attached to a mount of some sort on the customer side of a cashier booth: http://www.ncrcounterpoint.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/i/n/ingenico.png http://www.ncrcounterpoint.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1... It has a slot for a chip card at the bottom, a slot to swipe a card on the right, a PIN pad for debit transactions, and may be tap-enabled. The screen portion displays the order total and other instructions, and is also touch-sensitive for providing a signature using the attached stylus.