White paper
Sony Ericsson P1
78
May 2007
Terminology and
abbreviations
3GPP™
3rd Generation Partnership Project.
AAC
Advanced Audio Codec.
ALS
Alternate Line Service. A system that allows a user
to have more than one line allocated to a single
SIM subscription.
AMR
Adaptive Multi-Rate. A variable rate speech coding
(compression) method selected by the 3GPP for
the 3G evolution of the GSM phones.
API
Application Programming Interface
AU, .au
Format for audio data files.
AWT
Abstract Windowing Toolkit. A Java™ Graphical
User Interface library.
BAE
Beatnik Audio Engine™
Bearer
Path over which data flows. Specifically in CSD
and HSCSD, the type of telephony link from the
GSM network to the server – PSTN or ISDN.
Bluetooth™
Bluetooth™ wireless technology is a secure, fast,
point-to-multipoint radio connection technology. It
is a specification for a small-form factor, low-cost
radio solution providing links between mobile
computers, mobile phones and other portable
handheld devices, and connectivity to the Internet.
Available from the Bluetooth Special Interest Group
(SIG),
www.bluetooth.com
.
Bookmark
A URL and header/title stored in the phone,
enabling the user to go directly to a Web page.
BMP
Microsoft Windows Bitmap. A graphics format
defined by Microsoft supporting 1, 4, 8 or 18-bit
colour depth. No compression, so files can be
large.
bps
Bits per second – rate of data flow.
CB
Cell Broadcast. Type of SMS message.
cHTML
A version of HTML optimized for small devices.
CLDC
Connected Limited Device Configuration. The
J2ME 'configuration' implemented in Sony
Ericsson P1. CLDC specifies a runtime
environment with specifically limited resources,
suitable for memory-constrained devices.
