TERMINOLOGY AND ABBREVIATIONS
3GPP | 3rd Generation Partnership Project. |
API | Application Programming Interface. |
Bearer | The method for accessing WAP from the phone, for example GSM |
| Data (CSD) and SMS. |
Bookmark | A URL and header/title stored in the phone. |
Browsing session | From the first access of content until the termination of the connection. |
Calling Line |
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Identification (CLI) | Shows the number of the person calling you in your mobile phone dis- |
| play. You can then make an informed choice as to whether or not to |
| take the call. Bear in mind that not all numbers can be displayed. To |
| use this service, it must be supported by your network. |
Card | A single WML unit of navigation and user interface. May contain informa- |
| tion to present to the user, instructions for gathering user input, etc. |
CGI | Common Gateway Interface. |
CS | Circuit Switched. |
CSD | Circuit Switched Data. |
Deck | A collection of WML cards. |
DTMF or Touch Tone | Dual Tone |
| for telephone banking, accessing an answering machine, etc. |
Extended GSM, | |
| pean Radio communications Committee (ERC) for GSM use when |
| additional spectrum is needed |
| tors to transmit and receive just outside GSM’s core 900 frequency |
| band. This extension gives increased network capability, which favours |
| both the user and the operators. |
EFR | Enhanced Full Rate, speech coding. |
EMS | Enhanced Messaging Service, an enhancement of the SMS standard. |
| This makes it possible to include pictures, melodies, sounds and ani- |
| mations in messages, and also to receive and edit new pictures and |
| melodies on the phone. |
ETSI | European Telecommunications Standards Institute. |
FR | Full Rate, speech coding. |
Gateway | A WAP Gateway typically includes the following functions: |
| - A Protocol Gateway – the protocol gateway translates requests from |
| the WAP protocol stack to the WWW protocol stack (HTTP and TCP/ |
| IP). |
| - Content Encoders and Decoders – the content encoders translate Web |
| content into compact encoded formats to reduce the size and number of |
| packets traveling over the wireless data network. |
GIF | Graphics Interchange Format. |
GSM | Global System for Mobile Communications. GSM is the world’s most |
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| countries around the world, particularly in Europe and |
GSM 900 | The GSM systems family includes GSM 900, GSM 1800 and GSM |
| 1900. There are different phases of |
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