Sony Ericsson P990i - Manual (Page 90)

White Paper P990i
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LAN
Local Area Network.
MAC Address
Media Access Control address. This is a hardware
address that uniquely identifies each node, such as
a WLAN device, on a network. The P990i MAC
address is printed on its label and is accessible
through the WLAN set-up screen.
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 estab-
lish 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 'pro-
file' 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.
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 mul-
timedia messages.
MMS-C
MMS Service Centre
MO
Mobile Origination. Such as, an SMS message sent
from a mobile terminal.
MP3
MPEG Audio Layer 3. An audio compression tech-
nology that is part of MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 specifi-
cations. 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
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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.
PDA
Personal Digital Assistant. A handheld computer
having functions such as address book, calendar
etc.
PDF
Portable Document Format. A format created by
Adobe for storing and distributing documents.