SIR IrDA
Standard IrDA, up to 115 kbps IrDA.
SS
Supplementary Service
SWIM
A SWIM card is a SIM card containing a WIM
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UIQ
Acustomizable
URL
Uniform Resource Locator. Points to a service or information on the Internet.
T9
(Text on 9 Keys) A text input system from Tegic that adds intelligence to
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.
TE
Terminal Equipment. Generic term for GSM termi- nals such as phones and PC cards.
Terminal Adaptor
Generic term for the equipment terminating a dig- ital communications line such as an ISDN2 line. M600 is a Terminal Adaptor since it interfaces to GSM digital data services.
USSD
Unstructured Supplementary Services Data. Nar-
V.110
ETSI standard for data over an ISDN circuit.
V.120
ETSI standard for data over an ISDN circuit.
vCal; vCalendar
vCalendar defines a transport and
TLS
Transport Layer Security. As used by Web brows- ers.
Tx
Transmit
vCard
vCard automates the exchange of personal infor- mation typically found on a traditional business card, for use in applications such as Internet mail, voicemail, Web browsers, telephony applications, call centres, PIMs /PDAs, pagers, fax, office equip- ment, and smart cards. vCard is specified by IETF.
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 disabil- ity.
VGA
Video Graphics Array. Graphics standard intro- duced by IBM, having a resolution of 640 x 480 pix- els.
UI
User Interface. Sometimes called
VPN
Virtual Private Network.
WAP
Wireless Application Protocol. Handheld devices, low bandwidth, binary coded, a deck/card meta- phor to specify a service. A card is typically a unit of interaction with the user, that is, either presenta-
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