Glossary of Terms

 

 

 

 

Network

The organisation responsible for operating a GSM

Operator

network.

Password

Used for the control of Call bar. Supplied by your service

 

provider.

PIN / PIN2

Personal Identification Number used for SIM card

 

security. Supplied by your service provider. If the PIN or

 

PIN2 is entered incorrectly several times (3 times for

 

PIN2), the PIN or PIN2 will be blocked.

PUK / PUK2

PIN or PIN2 Unblocking Key. Used to unblock the PIN or

 

PIN2 code. Supplied by your service provider. If the PUK

 

or PUK2 is entered incorrectly 10 times, the PUK or

 

PUK2 will be blocked.

Roaming

The ability to use your phone on networks other than

 

your home network.

Service provider

The organisation responsible for providing access to the

 

GSM/GPRS network.

TLS

Transport Layer Security. A network layer that looks after

 

the security of the communication session.

UDP

User Datagram Protocol. A communications protocol,

 

which makes it possible to send a datagram

 

transmissions from one device to a recipient device.

USSD

Unstructured Supplementary Services Data. Similar to

 

SMS, USSD uses the GSM network's signaling path to

 

transmit information. Yet, USSD is session-oriented.

WAP

Wireless Application Protocol. The communication

 

standard which enables you to download resources from

 

the Internet to your phone.

XHTML

eXtensible HyperText Markup Language. Works as an

 

application of XML. Whereas HTML only describes how

 

the data should be displayed or used, XML describes the

 

type of data.

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