GSM

Global System for Mobile Communications. GSM is the world's most widely-used digital mobile phone system, now operating in over 160 countries around the world.

GSM 900

The GSM system family includes GSM 900, GSM 1810 and GSM 1900. There are different phases of roll-out for the GSM system and GSM phones are either phase 1 or phase 2 compliant.

GSM 1810

Also known as DCS 1810 or PCN, this is a GSM digital network working on a frequency of 1810 MHz. It is used in Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network. Can provide circuit-switched data connections in multiples of 64 Kbps.

ISP

Internet Service Provider.

J2ME™

Java2™ Micro Edition - an edition of the Sun Microsystems Java programming/runtime environ- ment specifying two runtime environment 'configu- rations' aimed at small devices.

Java™ Phone

An API in Java™ used for interacting with a phone.

GSM 1900

Also known as PCS. Refers to a GSM system run- ning in the 1900MHz band. Used in the USA and Canada, for instance.

HR

Half Rate, speech coding.

HSCSD

High Speed Circuit Switched Data.

HTML

HyperText Markup Language.

HTTP

HyperText Transfer Protocol.

IMAP4

Internet Message Access Protocol version 4. Used to collect email from a mail server. Has more fea- tures than POP3.

iMelody

A format for monophonic ringtones.

IrDA

Infrared Data Association.

JFIF

JPEG File Interchange Format

JNI™

Java™ Native Interface

JPEG

Joint Photographic Experts Group, best known for the .JPG format for still image compression.

JVM™

Java™ Virtual Machine

Kbps

Kilobits per second - rate of data flow.

KVM

'Kilo' Virtual Machine

LAN

Local Area Network.

MAC Address

Media Access Control address. This is a hardware address that uniquely identifies each node on a network.

MBM

Multi Bitmap. Image file format on Symbian OS.

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