Hawk II User Guide Rev3 23-03-12 Copyright © 2012 TouchStar Technologies Ltd
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Glossary
802.11 (WI-FI)
— A wireless technology standard for mid-range networking
devices that allows for enabled devices to automatically recognize each
other.
BLUETOOTH® WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
— A wireless technology standard for
short-range (10 m [30 ft]) networking devices that allows for enabled
devices to automatically recognize each other.
CAT5e -
Network cabling that consists of four twisted pairs of copper wire
terminated by a RJ-45 connector.
CRADLE
— A device that allows your Hawk II to synchronize with a
computer, recharge its battery and run on AC power.
GPRS
- General Packet Radio Service is a mobile data service available to
users of GSM and IS-136 mobile phones. GPRS data transfer is typically
charged per megabyte of transferred data, while data communication
via traditional circuit switching is billed per minute of connection time.
GPS
- The Global Positioning System comprises of more than 24 GPS
satellites in medium Earth orbit, transmitting signals allowing GPS receivers
to determine location, speed and direction.
GSM
- The Global System for Mobile Communications, (original acronym:
Groupe Spécial Mobile), is the most popular standard for mobile phones in
the world.
HSPA -
High Speed Packet Access is an amalgamation of two mobile
telephony protocols, High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and
High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA), that extends and improves the
performance of existing WCDMA protocols
LAN
— Local Area Network — A computer network covering a small area.
A LAN usually is confined to a building or a few nearby buildings. A LAN
can be connected to another LAN over any distance via telephone lines