Appendix
Appendix
Glossary | Guidance point | |
AAC | These are important landmarks along your | |
route, generally intersections. The next gui- | ||
AAC is short for Advanced Audio Coding and | ||
dance point along your route is indicated on | ||
refers to an audio compression technology | ||
the map by the yellow flag icon. | ||
standard used with | ||
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Aspect ratio | Home location | |
Your registered home location. | ||
This is the | ||
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A regular display has an aspect ratio of 4:3. | ID3 tag | |
Wide screen displays have an aspect ratio of | This is a method of embedding | |
16:9, providing a bigger picture for exceptional | information in a MP3 file. This embedded in- | |
presence and atmosphere. | formation can include the track title, the ar- | |
Bit rate | tist’s name, the album title, the music genre, | |
the year of production, comments and other | ||
This expresses data volume per second, or bps | ||
data. The contents can be freely edited using | ||
units (bits per second). The higher the rate, | ||
software with ID3 Tag editing functions. | ||
the more information is available to reproduce | ||
Although the tags are restricted by the num- | ||
the sound. Using the same encoding method | ||
ber of characters, the information can be | ||
(such as MP3), the higher the rate, the better | ||
viewed when the track is played back. | ||
the sound. | ||
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Current location | JPEG | |
This stands for Joint Photographic Experts | ||
The present location of your vehicle; your cur- | ||
Group, and is an international still image com- | ||
rent location is shown on the map by a red tri- | ||
pression standard. | ||
angle mark. | ||
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Destination | MP3 | |
MP3 is short for MPEG Audio Layer 3. It is an | ||
A location you choose as the end point of your | ||
audio compression standard established by a | ||
journey. | ||
working group (MPEG) of the ISO (Interna- | ||
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Favorites | tional Standards Organization). MP3 is able to | |
compress audio data to about 1/10th the size | ||
A frequently visited location (such as your | ||
of a conventional disc. | ||
workplace or a relative’s home) that you can | ||
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register to allow easy routing. | MPEG | |
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GPS | This stands for Moving Pictures Experts | |
Group, and is an international video image | ||
Global Positioning System. A network of satel- | ||
compression standard. | ||
lites that provides navigation signals for a vari- | ||
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ety of purposes. | Phone book | |
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Guidance mode | An address book on user’s phone is collec- | |
tively referred to as “Phone book”. Depending | ||
The mode in which guidance is given as you | ||
on the cellular phone, “Phone book” may be | ||
drive to your destination; the system automati- | ||
called a name such as “Contacts”, “Business | ||
cally switches to this mode as soon as a route | ||
card” or something else. | ||
has been set. | ||
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