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Welcome to our Mobile Phone & Telecommunications Glossary.Find the word you are looking for by selecting a letter from the list below, then simply click on a word in the list of glossary terms for that letter. | ||||
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A2DP Stereo Audio ProfileA2DP is the abbreviation of Advanced Audio Distribution Profile. A2DP is a Bluetooth profile with which hifi-stereo sounds can be transmitted through a wireless Bluetooth-connection. A Bluetooth-profile is a different name for the specific application... | ||||
A5A5 is the encryption algorithm commonly used by GSM networks in Europe. It has a 64-bit key, although in practice at least ten of these bits are unused. A weaker version of A5 called A5 /... | ||||
Abandoned callAbandoned call is one in which a connection is made with the recipient, but the caller then decides to terminate the call before any proper communication is established. Organisations usually wish to keep abandoned calls to... | ||||
AC Wall ChargerAC Wall Charger is an essential accessory for use with mobilephones and other electronic devices. The charger enables the mobile device to be powered, and for its battery to be recharged, by connecting it to a... | ||||
Access Grant ChannelAlso known as: AGCH Access Grant Channel (AGCH) is a downlink channel (base to mobile) used by a BS (Base Station) to tell the MS (Mobile Station) which DCCH (Dedicated Control Channel) to use, after the... | ||||
ACELPAlso known as: Algebraic Code Excited Linear Prediction Algebraic Code Excited Linear Prediction, or ACELP, is a speech compression system, used to provide a good standard of speech quality when the network is operating at low... | ||||
Active matrixAlso known as: Thin Film Transistor, TFT TFT (Thin Film Transistor or Active Matrix) LCD is a mass produced display technology that offers improved refresh rates and good contrast over passive matrix displays. It achieves this... | ||||
Adaptive Differential Pulse Code ModulationAlso known as: ADPCM Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation (ADPCM) is a compression / decompression technique, used for converting analogue sound or data into a string of digital binary code. Frequent samples are taken of the... | ||||
ADPCMAlso known as: Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation (ADPCM) is a compression / decompression technique, used for converting analogue sound or data into a string of digital binary code. Frequent samples... | ||||
ADSLAlso known as: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) is a technology allowing high rates of digital data to be sent over conventional twisted-pair copper telephone lines. It is referred to as asymmetric... | ||||
Advanced Mobile Phone ServiceAlso known as: AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service (AMPS) is a first generation analogue cellular telephone system that originated in the USA in the 1980s. AMPS is still the most widely deployed cellular system in the... | ||||
aerialAlso known as: antenna The antenna (or aerial) is the physical part of a mobile phone that is designed to receive or transmit the radio frequency signals, which the handset uses to communicate with the telephone... | ||||
AGCHAlso known as: Access Grant Channel Access Grant Channel (AGCH) is a downlink channel (base to mobile) used by a BS (Base Station) to tell the MS (Mobile Station) which DCCH (Dedicated Control Channel) to use,... | ||||
Algebraic Code Excited Linear PredictionAlso known as: ACELP Algebraic Code Excited Linear Prediction, or ACELP, is a speech compression system, used to provide a good standard of speech quality when the network is operating at low data rates (i.e. narrow... | ||||
AlphanumericAlphanumeric is a term referring to information that contains a combination of alphabetic letters or words (alphas) and numbers (numerics). Punctuation and other symbols are also usually interpreted to be included in the term alphanumeric. Alphanumeric... | ||||
American Standard Code for Information InterchangeAlso known as: ASCII The American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) is a standard coding system developed by the USA Standards Institute. ASCII is universally used to represent letters, numbers, punctuation marks, symbols and control... | ||||
AMPSAlso known as: Advanced Mobile Phone Service Advanced Mobile Phone Service (AMPS) is a first generation analogue cellular telephone system that originated in the USA in the 1980s. AMPS is still the most widely deployed cellular... | ||||
Animated screensaverAnimated screensaver is a changing pattern or animation, which replaces the original screen image when a mobile phone has been idle for a predetermined period of time. The use of a screensaver is designed to prevent... | ||||
AnimationAnimation is a moving image produced by sequentially displayed image frames, which creates the illusion of movement. Mobile phone animations usually consist of short, animated greetings and messages in a variety of sizes, colours, and levels... | ||||
Answering machineAnswering machine is a device that automatically answers a telephone call when the recipient is for some reason unable to answer it personally. Typically, a user stores an outgoing message to tell callers that the phone... | ||||
antennaAlso known as: aerial The antenna (or aerial) is the physical part of a mobile phone that is designed to receive or transmit the radio frequency signals, which the handset uses to communicate with the telephone... | ||||
ASCIIAlso known as: American Standard Code for Information Interchange The American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) is a standard coding system developed by the USA Standards Institute. ASCII is universally used to represent letters, numbers,... | ||||
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber LineAlso known as: ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) is a technology allowing high rates of digital data to be sent over conventional twisted-pair copper telephone lines. It is referred to as asymmetric because it provides... | ||||
Audible Keypad ToneAudible Keypad Tone is a facility that can be set on some handsets, which causes them to play a tone when the keys are pressed, so confirming that they have operated correctly. This was introduced to... | ||||
Auto focusAuto focus is a function on a camera to automatically focus an object. Auto focus happens by measuring the difference in contrast between two points that are positioned next to each other. If the reciprocal... | ||||
Automatic answerAutomatic answer is a phone feature that allows a recipient to answer a call without the need to press any keys. Once the phone has started to ring the conversation can be started immediately, because the... | ||||
Automatic backlightAutomatic backlighting means that touching any key will illuminate the display and keypad for ease of viewing. The backlight will turn itself off automatically after a preset period, so avoiding excessive drain on the battery. This... | ||||
Automatic redialAutomatic redial is a feature designed to make it easier to dial numbers that are engaged. After the dialled number is found to be engaged, the phone will either repeatedly redial the number automatically, or it... | ||||
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