Sony Ericsson Z500A Sms, Tcp/Ip, Umts, Url, Ussd, Wap, Wbmp, Wml, Wsp, Wtls, Www, Xml, Xhtml

personal directory of numbers. The card can be a small plug-in type or credit card-sized, but both types have the same functions. The Z500a uses the small plug-in card.

SMS

Short Messaging Service. Allows messages of up to 160 characters to be sent and received via the network operator’s message center to a mobile phone.

SS

Supplementary Services.

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.

UI

User Interface

UMTS

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System. The telecommunications system, incorporating mobile cellular and other functionality, that is the subject of standards produced by 3GPP.

URL

Uniform Resource Locator.

The global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web.

USSD

Unstructured Supplementary Services Data.

vCard

vCard automates the exchange of personal information typically found on a traditional business card, for use in applications such as Internet mail, voicemail, Web browsers, telephony applications, call centers, conferences, PIMs /PDAs, pagers, fax, office equipment, and smart cards. vCard is specified by IETF.

WAP

Wireless Application Protocol. Handheld devices, low bandwidth, binary coded, a deck/card metaphor to specify a service. A card is typically a unit of interaction with the user, that is, either presentation of information or request for information from the user. A collection of cards is called a deck, which usually constitutes a service.

WAP Application

A collection of WML cards, with the new context attribute set in the entry card.

WAP service

A WML application residing on a web site.

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WBMP

Wireless BitMap.

A graphic format optimized for mobile computing devices.

WML

Wireless Markup Language. A markup language used for authoring services, fulfilling the same purpose as HyperText Markup Language (HTML) does on the World Wide Web (WWW). In contrast to HTML, WML is designed to fit small handheld devices.

WMLScript

WMLScript can be used to enhance the functionality of a service, just as, for example, Java Script may be utilized in HTML. It makes it possible to add procedural logic and computational functions to WAP-based services.

WSP

Wireless Session Protocol.

WTLS

Wireless Transport Layer Security.

WWW

World Wide Web.

XML

Extensible Markup Language.

XHTML

Extensible HyperText Markup Language.

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