Sony Ericsson P990i - Manual (Page 91)

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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.
PNG
Portable Network Graphics. Format for storing
images on file with data compression but without
lowering of quality (loss of information).
Polyphonic
'Many sounds'. The maximum number of notes an
instrument can play at the same time, commonly
16 in MIDI devices.
POP3
Post Office Protocol. Used to collect email from a
mail server.
PSTN
Public Switched Telephone Network, such as, ordi-
nary analogue phone line for speech and/or com-
puter modem.
PTD
Personal Trusted Device. Concept in MeT
QCIF
Quarter Common Intermediate Format. A video for-
mat size of 176 x 144 lines.
QQVGA
Quarter Quarter VGA, 160 x 120 pixels.
QVGA
Quarter VGA size, typically refers to a portrait ori-
ented screen 240 pixels wide x 320 pixels high.
RADIUS
Remote Access Dial-In Service. Facility at the ISP
or corporation to manage remote data connec-
tions.
RAS
Remote Access Service.
RMF
Rich Music Format
TM
A file format developed by
Beatnik combining the compact size of MIDI files
with the high quality of MP3 and WAV.
Rx
Receive
SC
Service Centre (for SMS).
SDK
Software Development Kit
Service Provider
A company that provides services and subscrip-
tions to mobile phone users.
SIM card
Subscriber Identity Module card - a card that must
be inserted in any GSM-based mobile terminal. It
contains subscriber details, security information
and memory for a personal directory of numbers.
The card can be a small plug-in type or credit card-
sized, but both types have the same functions.
P990i uses the small plug-in card.
SIM-AT
SIM Application Toolkit - a means of providing sim-
ple applications that are stored on the SIM card.
SMIL
Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language.
Used by MMS to describe how media objects are
to be played.