Nokia E51 manual Glossary

Glossary

Glossary

3G	3rd generation mobile
	communications. A digital system for
	mobile communications which aims at
	global use and provides increased
	bandwidth. 3G lets a mobile device
	user access a wide variety of services,
	such as multimedia.
Ad-hoc	A WLAN network mode where two or
operating	more devices connect to each other
mode	using WLAN directly without a WLAN
	access point.
Cookies	Cookies are little pieces of information,
	given by the server to you, to store
	information about your visits to a web
	site. When you accept cookies, the
	server is able to evaluate your use of
	the web site, what you are interested
	in, what you want to read, and so on.
DNS	Domain name service. An internet
	service that translates domain names
	such as www.nokia.com into IP
	addresses such as 192.100.124.195.
	Domain names are easier to remember

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	but this translation is needed because
	the internet is based on IP addresses.
DTMF tones	Dual Tone Multi-Frequency tones. The
	DTMF system is used by touch-tone
	telephones. DTMF assigns a specific
	frequency, or tone, to each key so that
	it can easily be identified by a
	microprocessor. DTMF tones allow you
	to communicate with voice mailboxes,
	computerised telephony systems, and
	so on.
EAP	Extensible authentication protocol.
	EAP plug-ins are used in wireless
	networks to authenticate wireless
	devices and authentication servers.
EGPRS	Enhanced GPRS. EGPRS is similar to
	GPRS, but it enables faster connection.
	For more information on the
	availability of EGPRS and data transfer
	speed, contact your service provider.

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