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| Internet | An elaborate system of interconnected public |
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| world, used to provide access to information |
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| and enable communication between users |
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| worldwide. |
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| keypad tones | The sound heard when a key on your phone’s |
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| keypad is pressed. |
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| message alert | The sounds that are heard upon receipt of a text |
| tone | or system message (e.g. call waiting |
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| notification) by your phone. |
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| microphone | The electronic element in the base of your |
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| phone that picks up your voice and other |
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| sounds. |
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| navigate | A term that refers to the act of moving from |
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| one Internet site or page to another, or to the |
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| act of moving from one area of your phone’s |
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| memory or menu to another. |
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| Any system that does not use the same wireless | |
| system | “format” as your home system. |
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| number keys | The numbered keys on your phone’s keypad. |
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| power key | A key on the front of the phone that allows you |
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| to turn the phone on or off. This key can also be |
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| used to recall and switch your phone’s profiles. |
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| predictive text | A system developed for rapid text entry using |
| input | your phone’s keypad. |
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