Preliminary version - PA4

DCIM

Digital Camera Images. The name of the root directory when storing images according to the Design rule for Camera File system (DCF) standard.

DRM

Digital Rights Management; controlling copying and distribution of contents, with respect to intellectual property rights.

White Paper W950

GIF

Graphics Interchange Format. Format for storing images which also supports animated images. Highly compressed by limiting the colour palette to 16 or 256 colours.

G-MIDI

General MIDI. Specifies a minimum level of performance compatibility.

DTMF

GPRS

Dual Tone Multi Frequency. A method of coding digits as a combination of two audible tones.

DUN

Dial-Up Networking.

ECML

Electronic Commerce Modelling Language.

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 900MHz frequency band. This extension gives increased network capability.

EMS

Enhanced Messaging Service. An extension of

FCC

SMS enabling pictures, animations, sound and text

formatting to be added to text messages. 3GPP

 

 

 

ternal

has included EMS in the standards for SMS.

 

 

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ETSI

 

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European Telecommunications Standards Insti-

tute. www.etsi.org

 

 

 

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Federal Communications Commission. US government agency which regulates radio communica- tions.

General Packet Radio Services.

 

 

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GSM

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Global System for Mobile Communications. GSM

is the world's most widely-used digital mobile

phone system, now operating in over 160 countries

around the world.

 

GSM 900

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The GSM system family includes GSM 900, GSM

1810 andeGSM 1900. There are different phases of

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roll-out for the GSM system and GSM phones are either phase 1 or phase 2 compliant.

GSM 1810

Also known as DCS 1810 or PCN, this is a GSM digital network working on a frequency of 1810 MHz. It is used in Europe and Asia-Pacific.

GSM 1900

Also known as PCS. Refers to a GSM system running in the 1900MHz band. Used in the USA and Canada, for instance.

HR

Half Rate, speech coding.

HSCSD

High Speed Circuit Switched Data.

HTML

HyperText Markup Language.

FR

HTTP

Full Rate, speech coding.

HyperText Transfer Protocol.

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