| 3G |
3rd Generation |
| 3GPP |
3rd Generation Partnership Project |
| API |
Application Programmers Interface |
| ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| BLOB |
Binary Large Object |
| CA |
Certification Authority
An independant third party that everyone trust and whose
responsibility is to issue certificates.
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| CDC |
Connected Device Configuration
A J2ME configuration. Defines a Java runtime environment for devices with more
hardware resources compared to mobile phones such as PDAs.
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| CDMA |
Code Division Multiple Access |
| CDPD |
Cellular Digital Packet Data |
| CLDC |
Connected Limited Device Configuration
A J2ME configuration. Defines a Java runtime environment for devices with highly
constrained hardware resources such as mobile phones.
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| CLI |
Command Line Interface |
| CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
| CSD |
Circuit Switched Data |
| CSS |
Cascading Style Sheet
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| DBMS |
Database Management System
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| DES |
Data Encryption Standard
A fixed key-length cipher which uses 56 bits
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| DHCP |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
| DRM |
Digital Rights Management
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| DSL |
Digital Subscriber Line |
| DTD |
Document Type Definition |
| ear |
Enterprise Archive |
| EDGE |
Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution |
| EIS |
Enterprise Information Systems |
| ESAR |
Extended Segmentation And Reassembly |
| ETSI |
European Telecommunication Standardisation Institute |
| gateway |
A server which acts as an intermediary for some other server.
Unlike a proxy, a gateway receive requests as if it were the
origin server for the requested source. The requesting client may not
be aware that it is communicating with a gateway.
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| GC |
Garbage Collection
Low priority background thread which removes non-referenced objects from
memory.
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| GIF |
Graphics Interchange Format
standard image ("87"), interlaced gif("87a", "89a"),
transparency gif ("89a"), animated gif ("89a")
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| GPRS |
General Packet Radio Service |
| GSM |
Global System for Mobile Communication
Mobile phone system used in Europe and Asia-pacific.
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| GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
| Heap memory |
Object values are stored in the heap memory. |
| HTML |
HyperText Markup Language |
| HTTP |
HyperText Transport Protocol |
| HTTPS |
HyperText Transport Protocol Secure |
| IDE |
Integrated Development Environment |
| IDEN |
Integrated Digital Enhanced Network |
| IETF |
Internet Engineering Task Force |
| iHTML |
HTML for mobile
iHTML is a subset of HTML 2.0, HTML 3.2 and HTML 4.0.
Designed for handsets supporting 256 colors.
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| IMEI |
International Mobile Equipment Identity
IMEI is a number to uniquely identify the mobile equipment (= mobile phone)
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| IMSI |
International Mobile Subscriber Identity
To identify the subscriber to the system.
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| IP |
Internet Protocol |
| IPng |
Internet Protocol next generation
IPng is the same as IPv6
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| IPv4 |
Internet Protocol versie 4
Defines a 32-bit address (e.g. 126.234.222.222) which means that there are only 232
(4,294,967,296) IPv4 addresses available.
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| IPv6 |
Internet Protocol versie 6
Defines a 128-bit address which means that there are only 2128
(3.4028236692093846346337460743177e+38) IPv6 addresses available.
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| ISO |
International Standards Organization |
| ISV |
Independant Software Vendor |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| J2EE |
Java 2 Enterprise Edition |
| J2ME |
Java 2 Micro Edition
A version of Java aimed at consumer and embedded devices including cell phones.
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| J2SE |
Java 2 Standard Edition |
| JAAS |
Java Authentication and Authorization Service |
| jad |
Java Application Descriptor |
| JAM |
Java Application Manager |
| jar |
Java Archive |
| JAXP |
Java API for XML Processing
Supports processing of XML documents using DOM, SAX, and XSLT.
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| JCA |
J2EE Connector Architecture |
| JCP |
Java Community Process
An open organisation of Java developers and licensees whose charter is to
develop and revise Java technology specifications, reference implementations,
and technology compatibility kits.
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| JDBC |
Java Database Connectivity
JDBC technology is an API that lets you access virtually any tabular
data source from the Java programming language.
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| JMS |
Java Message Service
The Java Message Service (JMS)
API is an API for accessing enterprise messaging systems.
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| JRE |
Java Runtime Environment |
| JSF |
JavaServer Faces
JavaServer Faces is a user interface framework for Java Web applications.
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| JSR |
Java Specification Request
The process by which new Java specifications are defined. Part of the Java Community Process.
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| JSTL |
JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library
The JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library encapsulates, as simple tags,
core functionality common to many JSP applications.
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| JVM |
Java Virtual Machine |
| KAWT |
Implements AWT for J2ME |
| KJava |
KJava is a nickname given to Java designed for small devices.
KJAva includes a combination of the Connected Limited Device Configuration
(CLDC) and Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP).
Officially this combination is called MIDP-compliant Java or MIDP Java.
MIDP Java brings Java to small devices that have limitations on
input possibilities, screen size and colors, memory and processing power.
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| KVM |
K Virtual Machine
Originally K stands for Kuaui, but now it stands for kilo, as in kilobyte, to
emphasize its small size. KVM is used in the CLDC.
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| LAN |
Local Area Network |
| MIDlet |
An application written for the Mobile Information device
profile (MIDP)
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| MIDP |
Mobile Information Device Profile
Vertical extension of CLDC. Defines an API set for Mobile information devices such as cell phones.
It adds domain specific classes to the J2ME environment.
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| MIDPEG |
Mobile Information Device Profile Expert Group |
| MIDP-NG |
Mobile Information Device Profile Next Generation
Vertical extension of CLDC. Defines an API set for Mobile information devices such as cell phones.
It adds domain specific classes to the J2ME environment.
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| MIME |
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
The industry standard format for electronic mail, which defines
the structure of a message's body.
A web server or browser uses MIME to distinguish between HTML,
image data, audio, and video. Every time a web browser sends a request to the
web server, the server sends the MIME information back to the browser.
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| MMS |
Multimedia Messaging Sevice |
| MPC |
Mobile Positioning Centre
Gateway which enables applications to access Mobile Stations
position information.
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| MPP |
Mobile Positioning Protocol |
| MS |
Mobile Station
The Mobile Station consists of the mobile equipment (= mobile phone)
and a SIM. The Mobile Station provides the user with the ability
to request and receive information. Also called terminal or mobile terminal.
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| MSISDN |
Mobile Subscriber ISDN
Telephone number or address of device
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| MX |
Mail eXchanger
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| NC |
Network Computer |
| OS |
Operating System |
| OTA |
Over The Air |
| Perl |
Practical Report and Extraction Language |
| PDA |
Personal Digital Assistant |
| PDAP |
PDA profile |
| pJava |
PersonalJava |
| PNG |
Portable Network Group |
| POSE |
Palm Operating System Emulator |
| PPP |
Point-to-Point Protocol |
| proxy |
An intermediary program that acts as both a server and a client
for the purpose of making request on behalf of other clients.
The proxy typically resides between clients and servers that have
no means of direct communications, e.g. across a firewall. Requests
are either serviced by the proxy program or passed on,
with possible translation, to other servers.
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| RAM |
Random Access Memory |
| RAR |
Resource Adapter Archive |
| RFC |
Request for Comment |
| RIP |
Routing Information Protocol |
| ROM |
Read Only Memory |
| SAR |
Service Archive |
| SDK |
Software Development Kit |
| SIM |
Subscriber Identity Module
The SIM card is used to identify the mobile phone owner to the system.
The SIM card contains the IMSI, a secret key for authentication and other
information.
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| S/MIME |
Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
Sending secure mail based on public-key cryptography.
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| SMS |
Short Message Service
Messages up to 160 characters to be sent/recevied over the mobile phone system.
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| SQL |
Structured Query Language |
| SSL |
Secure Socket Layer |
| Stack memory |
Stack memory stores primitive types and the addresses of objects.
An object reference on the stack is only an address that refers to the place in
heap memory where that object is kept.
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| TCP |
Transmission Control Protocol |
| TLS |
Transport Layer Security
Transport Layer Security is the open standard replacement for SSL from the Internet Engineering Task Force
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| Triple DES |
DES encryption applied three times using three diffent keys
thereby increasing the effective key length to 56 x 3 = 168 bits.
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| UDP |
User Datagram Protocol |
| UMTS |
Universal Mobile Telephone System.
UMTS is one of the Third Generation (3G) mobile systems being
developed within the ITU's IMT-2000 framework.
It is a realisation of a new generation of broadband
multi-media mobile telecommunications technology.
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| URL |
Uniform Resource Locator |
| VM |
Virtual Machine |
| W3C |
World Wide Web Consortium |
| WAE |
Wireless Application Environment |
| WAF |
Web Application Framework |
| WAN |
Wide Area Network |
| WAP |
Wireless Application Protocol
Wireless Application Protocol is the de-facto world standard for the
presentation and delivery of wireless information and telephony services
on mobile phones and other wireless terminals.
The WAP protocol stack has four layers: session layer (WSP),
transaction layer (WTP), security layer (WTLS), and datagram layer (WDP).
The WAP protocol is designed to operate over a variety of bearer
services, including Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA),
Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD), and so forth.
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| war |
Web Application Archive
A .war file contains a web application.
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| wbmp |
Wireless Bitmap
Wireless bitmap is a graphics format which is specifically designed
for mobile devices with a small monochrome screen. If your drawing package
can not create wbmp files, you need a converter or a plugin, to convert from
e.g. gif into wbmp.
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| WDP |
Wireless Datagram Protocol
The Wireless Datagram Protocol is based upon the
industry-standard TCP/IP, UDP/IP. WDP is intended for use with
the WAP transport protocols and has been optimized for use over
narrow-band communication channels.
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| WDSL |
Wireless Digital Subscriber Line |
| WDPS |
Wireless Datagram Protocol Specification |
| WEP |
Wired Equivalent Privacy |
| WiMax |
Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access |
| WLAN |
Wireless Local Area Network |
| WLL |
Wireless Local Loop |
| WML |
Wireless Markup Language
The Wireless Markup Language is an XML-based markup language that was
designed to describe how WAP content is presented on a mobile device.
WML is designed for target screens that is only a few lines long
and about an inch wide.
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| WMLscript |
A scripting language used to program the mobile device.
WMLScript is a language that you can use to provide programmed functionality
to WAP applications. WMLScript can be used to check the validity of user input,
generate messages and dialogs locally, so error messages and
confirmations can be viewed faster.
Web pages are based on HTML and sometimes on JavaScript. In an analogy
WAP applications use WML and sometimes WMLScript.
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| WSP |
Wireless Session Protocol
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| WTLS |
Wireless Transport Layer Security
The Wireless Transport Layer Security protocol is based upon the
industry-standard Transport layer Security (TLS) protocol, formerly
known as Secure Socket Layer (SSL). WTLS is intended for use with
the WAP transport protocols and has been optimized for use over narrow-band
communication channels.
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| WTP |
Wireless Transaction Protocol
Provides reliable datagram service, much as traditional TCP does, but
without behaviours that make TCP unsuitable in a wireless network.
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| WTP-SAR |
Wireless Transaction Protocol - Segmentation and Reassembly
A system to download a package that is too big to be handled
by the gateway in one single session. The gateway downloads it split
in many pieces and then the phone should rebuild it.
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| WWW |
World Wide Web |
| XHML |
Extended Hypertext Markup Language |
| XML |
Extended Markup Language |
| XSLT |
Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations |
