White paper Sony Ericsson P1

OS

PNG

Operating System, such as Symbian OS, Linux, Microsoft Windows.

OTA

Over-the Air Configuration. To provide settings for the phone by way of sending a message, SMS, over the network to the phone. This reduces the need for the user to configure the phone manually.

Portable Network Graphics. Format for storing images on file with data compression but without lowering of quality (loss of information).

Polyphonic

'Many sounds'. The maximum number of notes an instrument can play at the same time, commonly 16 in MIDI devices.

PC

Personal Computer.

PCS

Personal Communications Services, often used to describe GSM1900 networks.

PDA

Personal Digital Assistant. A handheld computer having functions such as address book, calendar etc.

PDF

Portable Document Format. A format created by Adobe for storing and distributing documents.

POP3

Post Office Protocol. Used to collect email from a mail server.

PSTN

Public Switched Telephone Network, such as, ordinary analogue phone line for speech and/or computer modem.

PTD

Personal Trusted Device. Concept in MeT.

QCIF

Quarter Common Intermediate Format. A video format size of 176 x 144 lines.

PDP

Packet Data Protocol.

Personal Java™

An edition of Java™ appropriate for mobile devices such as PDAs.

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.

Phone book

A memory in the SIM card where phone numbers can be stored and accessed by name or position.

PIM

Personal Information Management. Generic term for applications such as Contacts, Calendar, Tasks etc.

PKI

Public Key Infrastructure.

RADIUS

Remote Access Dial-In Service. Facility at the ISP or corporation to manage remote data connections.

RAS

Remote Access Service.

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Sony Ericsson P1 manual Polyphonic, Personal Java, Phone book