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Glossary
To help you understand the main
technical terms and abbreviations
used in this booklet and take full
advantage of the feature on your
mobile phone, here are a few
definitions.
Call Barring
Ability to restrict outgoing and
incoming calls.
Call Waiting
Ability to inform users that they
have an incoming call when
engaged on another call.
GPRS (General Packet Radio
Service)
GPRS guaranties continuous
connection to the Internet for
mobile phone and computer users.
It is based on the Global System
for Mobile Communication (GSM)
circuit-switched cellular phone
connections and the Short
Message Service (SMS).
GSM (Global System for
Mobile Communication)
International standard for cellular
communication, guaranteeing
compatibility between the various
network operators. GSM covers
most European countries and
many other parts of the world.
Java
Programming language generating
applications that can run on all
hardware platforms, whether
small, medium or large, without
modification.
It has been promoted for and
geared heavily to the Web, both
for public Web sites and Intranets.
When a Java program runs from a
Web page, it is called a Java
applet. When it is run on a mobile
phone or pager, it is called a
MIDlet.