White paper
G900c
82
August 2008
MIME
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. A protocol
defining how messages are sent on the Internet.
MIME is used to describe how attachments are
encoded and what type of data they contain.
MMS
Multimedia Messaging Service. Logical extension
of SMS and EMS, MMS defines a service enabling
sound, images and video to be combined into
multimedia messages.
MMS-C
MMS Service Centre.
MP3
MPEG Audio Layer 3. An audio compression
technology that is part of MPEG-1 and MPEG-2
specifications. Commonly used to distribute music
on the Internet and on portable players.
MPEG
Moving Picture Experts Group. A working group of
ISO/IEC in charge of the development of standards
for coded representation of digital audio and video.
MS
Mobile Station. (Phone and SIM card)
MT
Mobile Termination.
OS
Operating System, such as Symbian OS, Linux,
Microsoft Windows.
OTA
Over-The Air configuration. To provide settings for
the phone by way of sending a message, SMS,
over the network to the phone. This reduces the
need for the user to configure the phone manually.
PC
Personal Computer.
PCS
Personal Communications Services, often used to
describe GSM1900 networks.
PDA
Personal Digital Assistant. A handheld computer
having functions such as address book, calendar
etc.
PDP
Packet Data Protocol.
Personal Java™
An edition of Java™ appropriate for mobile devices
such as PDAs.
Phone book
A memory in the SIM card where phone numbers
can be stored and accessed by name or position.
PIM
Personal Information Management. Generic term
for applications such as Contacts, Calendar, Tasks
etc.
PKI
Public Key Infrastructure.
PNG
Portable Network Graphics. Format for storing
images on file with data compression but without
lowering of quality (loss of information).
POP3
Post Office Protocol. Used to collect email from a
mail server.
PSTN
Public Switched Telephone Network, such as,
ordinary analogue phone line for speech and/or
computer modem.
PTD
Personal Trusted Device. Concept in MeT.
