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vCal; vCalendar

WML

vCalendar defines a transport and platform-independent format for exchanging calendar and scheduling information for use in PIMs/PDAs and group schedulers. vCalendar is specified by IETF.

vCard

vCard automates the exchange of personal information typically found on a traditional business card, for use in applications such as Internet mail, voicemail, Web browsers, telephony applications, call centres, PIMs /PDAs, pagers, fax, office equip- ment, and smart cards. vCard is specified by IETF.

VGA

Video Graphics Array. Graphics standard introduced by IBM, having a resolution of 640 x 480 pix- els.

VPN

Virtual Private Network.

WAP

Wireless Application Protocol. Handheld devices, low bandwidth, binary coded, a deck/card metaphor to specify a service. A card is typically a unit of interaction with the user, that is, either presentation of information or request for information from the user. A collection of cards is called a deck, which usually constitutes a service.

Wireless Binary Extensible Markup Language.

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Waveform audio. Format for storing sound.

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Wireless BitMap. Part of the WAP specifications,

an image format optimized for small mobile

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Wireless Markup Language. A mark-up language used for authoring services, fulfilling the same purpose as HyperText Markup Language (HTML) does on the World Wide Web (WWW). In contrast to HTML, WML is designed to fit small handheld devices.

WTLS

Wireless Transport Layer Security. Part of WAP, WTLS provides privacy, data integrity and authentication on transport layer level between two appli- cations.

Extensible Hypertext MarkupyLanguage

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Extensible Markup Language

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WIM

Wireless Identity Module.

WMA

Windows Media Audio, a compressed audio file format developed by Microsoft™.

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