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G900
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September 2008
HSCSD
High Speed Circuit-switched Data.
HTML
HyperText Markup Language.
HTTP
HyperText Transfer Protocol.
IMAP4
Internet Message Access Protocol version 4. Used
to collect email from a mail server. Has more
features than POP3.
iMelody
A monophonic ringtone format.
IrDA
Infrared Data Association.
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network. Can provide
circuit-switched data connections in multiples of
64 Kbps.
ISP
Internet Service Provider.
J2ME™
Java2™ Micro Edition – an edition of the Sun
Microsystems Java programming/runtime
environment specifying two runtime environment
'configurations' aimed at small devices.
Java™ Phone
An API in Java™ used for interacting with a phone.
JFIF
JPEG File Interchange Format
JNI™
Java™ Native Interface
JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group, best known for
the JPG format for still image compression.
Kbps
Kilobits per second – rate of data flow.
LAN
Local Area Network.
MAC Address
Media Access Control address. This is a hardware
address that uniquely identifies each node on a
network.
MBM
Stands for Multi-BitMaps and is a Symbian-
specific file format to hold bitmaps. A single MBM
file can contain several bitmaps with different
resolution and/or color-depth.
ME
Mobile Equipment. (Phone excluding SIM card)
MeT
Mobile Electronic Transactions. An initiative from
Ericsson, Nokia and Motorola to establish a secure
and consistent framework for mobile transactions.
MIDI
Musical Instrument Digital Interface. MIDI defines a
protocol and file format which enables music to be
described and stored in binary form.
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.
