Sony Ericsson T290c, T290i manual Terminology and abbreviations

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Terminology and abbreviations

3GPP

3rd Generation Partnership Project.

AMR

Adaptive Multi Rate. For speech sounds and speech coding.

API

Application Programming Interface.

ASP

Active Server Page. Server technology that gener- ates web pages dynamically.

CDMA

Code division Multiple Access. A generic term that describes a wireless air interface based on code division multiple access technology.

CGI

Common Gateway Interface. Server technology that generates web pages dynamically.

CS

Circuit Switched.

CSD

Circuit Switched Data.

Bearer

The method for accessing WAP from the phone, for example GSM Data (CSD) and GPRS.

bFTP

binary File Transfer Protocol.

Bookmark

A URL and header/title stored in the phone.

Browsing session

The period from the first access of content until the termination of the connection.

C/I

Carrier to interference ratio of radio signal.

Calling Line Identification (CLI)

Shows the number of the caller, or a picture assigned to the number of the caller in the mobile phone display. Not all numbers can be displayed. Network-dependent service.

Card

A single WML unit of navigation and user interface. May contain information to present to the user, instructions for gathering user input, etc.

Deck

A collection of WML cards.

DTMF or Touch Tone

Dual Tone Multi-Frequency signal – codes sent as tone signals. Used for telephone banking, access- ing an answering machine, etc.

Dual band

GSM 900/1800.

e-GSM

Extended GSM. New frequencies specified by the European Radio Communications Committee (ERC) for GSM use when additional spectrum is needed (Network-dependent). It allows operators to transmit and receive just outside GSM’s core 900 frequency band. This extension gives increased network capability.

EDGE

Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution. EDGE uses a new modulation schema to enable data throughput speeds of up to 384kbit/s using existing GSM infrastructure.

EFR

Enhanced Full Rate, speech coding.

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