TERMINOLOGY AND ABBREVIATIONS
3GPP | 3rd Generation Partnership Project. |
API | Application Programming Interface. |
Beam | Sending an item to another phone or a compatible application using the |
| infrared link.This can include ring signals, calendar entries, business |
| cards. |
Bearer | The method for accessing WAP from the phone, for example GSM |
| Data (CSD) and SMS. |
bFTP | binary File Transfer Protocol. |
Bluetooth | Bluetooth wireless technology is a secure, fast, |
| radio connection technology. It is a specification for a |
| tor, |
| mobile phones and other portable handheld devices, and connectivity |
| to the internet. Available from the Bluetooth Special Interest Group |
| (SIG), http://www.bluetooth.com. |
Bookmark | A URL and header/title stored in the phone. |
Browsing session | From the first access of content until the termination of the connection. |
Calling Line |
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Identification (CLI) | Shows the number of the person calling you in your mobile phone dis- |
| play. You can then make an informed choice as to whether or not to |
| take the call. Bear in mind that not all numbers can be displayed. To |
| use this service, it must be supported by your network. |
Card | A single WML unit of navigation and user interface. May contain informa- |
| tion to present to the user, instructions for gathering user input, etc. |
CGI | Common Gateway Interface. |
CS | Circuit Switched. |
CSD | Circuit Switched Data. |
Deck | A collection of WML cards. |
DTMF or Touch Tone | Dual Tone |
| for telephone banking, accessing an answering machine, etc. |
Extended GSM, | |
| pean Radio communications Committee (ERC) for GSM use when |
| additional spectrum is needed |
| tors to transmit and receive just outside GSM’s core 900 frequency |
| band. This extension gives increased network capability, which favours |
| both the user and the operators. |
EFR | Enhanced Full Rate, speech coding. |
ETSI | European Telecommunications Standards Institute. |
FR | Full Rate, speech coding. |
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