White paper
Sony Ericsson P1
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May 2007
JNI™
Java™ Native Interface
JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group, best known for
the .jpg format for still image compression.
JVM™
Java™ Virtual Machine
Kbps
Kilobits per second – rate of data flow.
KVM
'Kilo' Virtual Machine
LAN
Local Area Network.
MAC Address
Media Access Control address. This is a hardware
address that uniquely identifies each node on a
network.
MBM
Multi Bitmap. Image file format on Symbian OS.
ME
Mobile Equipment. (Phone excluding SIM card)
MeT
Mobile Electronic Transactions. An initiative
founded by 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.
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
MO
Mobile Origination. Such as, an SMS message sent
from a mobile terminal.
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.