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White Paper, January 2003
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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.
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.
For example, 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. For example, 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.
OS
Operating System, such as Symbian OS, Linux,
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
.
OTA
Over-the Air Configuration. To provide settings
for the phone by way of sending a message,
SMS, over the network to the phone. This
reduces the need for the user to configure the
phone manually.
PC
Personal Computer.
PCS
Personal Communications Services, often used
to describe GSM1900 networks.
PDF
Portable Document Format. A format created by
Adobe for storing and distributing documents.
PDP
Packet Data Protocol.
Personal Java
An edition of Java appropriate for mobile devices
such as PDAs.
Phone book
A memory in the SIM card where phone numbers
can be stored and accessed by name or position.
PIM
Personal Information Management. Generic term
for applications such as Contacts, Calendar,
Tasks etc.
PKI
Public Key Infrastructure.