QCIF
Quarter Common Intermediate Format. A video format size of 176 x 144 lines.
QQVGA
Quarter Quarter VGA, 160 x 120 pixels.
QVGA
Quarter VGA size, typically refers to a portrait oriented screen 240 pixels wide x 320 pixels high.
RMF
Rich Music FormatTM. A file format developed by Beatnik combining the compact size of MIDI files with the high quality of MP3 and WAV.
Rx
In telecommunications, Rx is the abbreviation for ‘receive’. Tx is the abbreviation for ‘transmission’ or ‘transmit’.
SC
Service Centre (for SMS).
SDK
Software Development Kit. An SDK (or ‘devkit’) is typically a set of development tools that allows a software engineer to create applications for a certain software package, hardware platform, operating system, or similar.
SIM card
Subscriber Identity Module card – a card that must be inserted in any
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SMS
Short Message Service. Allows messages of up to 160 characters to be sent and received via the network Operator's message centre to a mobile phone.
SMSCB
SMS Cell Broadcast.
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. Protocol used to send email from an email client via an SMTP server.
SIR IrDA
Standard IrDA, up to 115 kbps IrDA.
SS
Supplementary Service.
T9
T9, which stands for Text on 9 keys, is a patented predictive text technology for mobile phones, developed by Tegic Communications. T9's objective is to make it easier to type text messages by allowing words to be entered by a single key press for each letter.
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.
TLS
Transport Layer Security. As used by Web browsers.
Tx
In telecommunications, Tx is the abbreviation for ‘transmission’ or ‘transmit’. Rx is the abbreviation for ‘receive’.
SIM-AT
SIM Application Toolkit. A means of providing simple applications that are stored on the SIM card.
TTY (Teletypewriter)
A telecommunication device with a keyboard and a visual display that is used primarily by people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability.
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