Proxy | A firewall mechanism that replaces the |
| IP address of a host on the internal (protected) |
| network with its own IP address for all traffic |
| passing through it. |
SMS | Short Messaging Service. Short text messages of |
| no more than 160 characters sent and received |
| by broadband devices. |
TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. |
| A protocol for communicating over the Internet. |
VPN | Virtual Private Network. A way to communicate |
| through a dedicated server securely to a |
| corporate network over the Internet. |
WAN | Wide Area Network. A network which uses |
| common carrierovided lines. Contrasts with |
| LAN. |
WCDMA | Wideband Code Division Multiple Access. Based |
| on the GSM technology evolution roadmap, |
| WCDMA supports upload and download speeds |
| up to 384kbps. WCDMA is also referred to as |
| UMTS. |
WWAN | Wireless Wide Area Network. A communications |
| technology that utilizes digital mobile phone |
| systems to access data from any location in the |
| range of a cell tower that is connected to a |
| data |
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