For Internal Use Only
JVM
Java Virtual Machine
kbps
Kilobits per second – rate of data flow.
KVM
‘Kilo’ Virtual Machine
LAN
Local Area Network.
MBM
Audio file format on Symbian OS.
ME
Mobile Equipment. (Phone excluding SIM card)
MeT
Mobile Electronic Transactions. An initiative founded by Ericsson, Nokia and Motorola to establish a secure and consistent framework for mobile transactions.
MIDP
Mobile Information Device Profile. An API (or ‘profile’ in J2ME nomenclature) defined to enable a standard programming API for mobile devices. MIDP compliant applications execute in the restricted environment defined by the CLDC.
MIME
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. A protocol defining how messages are sent on the internet. For example, MIME is used to describe how attachments are encoded and what type of data they contain.
MMI
MMS
Multimedia Messaging Service. Logical extension of SMS and EMS, MMS defines a service enabling sound, images and video to be combined into multimedia messages.
MO
Mobile Origination. For example, an SMS message sent from a mobile terminal.
MS
Mobile Station. (Phone and SIM card)
MT
Mobile Termination.
P800 Smartphone
White Paper, May 2002
OS
Operating System, such as Symbian OS, Linux, Microsoft® Windows®.
OTA
PC
Personal Computer.
PCS
Personal Communications Services, often used to describe GSM1900 networks.
Portable Document Format. A format created by Adobe for storing and distributing documents.
PDP
Packet Data Protocol.
Personal Java
An edition of Java appropriate for mobile devices such as PDAs.
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.
POP3
Post Office Protocol. Used to collect
PSTN
Public Switched Telephone Network, for example 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 pixels.
QQVGA
Quarter Quarter VGA, 160 x 120 pixels.
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