White Paper T290i/T290c
Terminology and abbreviations
3GPP
3rd Generation Partnership Project.
AMR
Adaptive Multi Rate. For speech sounds and speech coding.
API
Application Programming Interface.
ASP
Active Server Page. Server technology that gener- ates web pages dynamically.
CDMA
Code division Multiple Access. A generic term that describes a wireless air interface based on code division multiple access technology.
CGI
Common Gateway Interface. Server technology that generates web pages dynamically.
CS
Circuit Switched.
CSD
Circuit Switched Data.
Bearer
The method for accessing WAP from the phone, for example GSM Data (CSD) and GPRS.
bFTP
binary File Transfer Protocol.
Bookmark
A URL and header/title stored in the phone.
Browsing session
The period from the first access of content until the termination of the connection.
C/I
Carrier to interference ratio of radio signal.
Calling Line Identification (CLI)
Shows the number of the caller, or a picture assigned to the number of the caller in the mobile phone display. Not all numbers can be displayed.
Card
A single WML unit of navigation and user interface. May contain information to present to the user, instructions for gathering user input, etc.
Deck
A collection of WML cards.
DTMF or Touch Tone
Dual Tone
Dual band
GSM 900/1800.
e-GSM
Extended GSM. New frequencies specified by the European Radio Communications Committee (ERC) for GSM use when additional spectrum is needed
EDGE
Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution. EDGE uses a new modulation schema to enable data throughput speeds of up to 384kbit/s using existing GSM infrastructure.
EFR
Enhanced Full Rate, speech coding.
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