White paper Sony Ericsson P1

Terminology and abbreviations

3GPP™

3rd Generation Partnership Project.

AAC

Advanced Audio Codec.

ALS

Alternate Line Service. A system that allows a user to have more than one line allocated to a single SIM subscription.

AMR

Adaptive Multi-Rate. A variable rate speech coding (compression) method selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM phones.

API

Application Programming Interface

Bluetooth™

Bluetooth™ wireless technology is a secure, fast, point-to-multipoint radio connection technology. It is a specification for a small-form factor, low-cost radio solution providing links between mobile computers, mobile phones and other portable handheld devices, and connectivity to the Internet. Available from the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), www.bluetooth.com.

Bookmark

A URL and header/title stored in the phone, enabling the user to go directly to a Web page.

BMP

Microsoft Windows Bitmap. A graphics format defined by Microsoft supporting 1, 4, 8 or 18-bit colour depth. No compression, so files can be large.

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bps

Bits per second – rate of data flow.

Format for audio data files.

AWT

Abstract Windowing Toolkit. A Java™ Graphical User Interface library.

BAE

Beatnik Audio Engine™

Bearer

Path over which data flows. Specifically in CSD and HSCSD, the type of telephony link from the GSM network to the server – PSTN or ISDN.

CB

Cell Broadcast. Type of SMS message.

cHTML

A version of HTML optimized for small devices.

CLDC

Connected Limited Device Configuration. The J2ME 'configuration' implemented in Sony Ericsson P1. CLDC specifies a runtime environment with specifically limited resources, suitable for memory-constrained devices.

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