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Terms – Palm PDA CentroTM Smart Device User Manual

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T E R M S

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Terms

Alt (alternative)

A keyboard key. Enter a letter on the
keyboard, and then press Alt

to access

variations such as international characters
and symbols.

Applications View

The screen on your Palm

®

Centro

smart

device from which you can open all
applications.

Auto-off interval

The time of inactivity that passes before
the screen on your Centro turns off. The
wireless features on your Centro are
unaffected by this setting.

Beam

The process of sending or receiving an
entry or application using the infrared (IR)
port on your Centro.

Bluetooth

®

wireless technology

Technology that enables devices such as
the Centro, mobile phones, and computers
to connect wirelessly to each other so that

they can exchange information over short
distances. For more info, visit
www.bluetooth.com.

CSD (circuit-switched data)

A dial-up Internet connection. You pay for
the connection time, not for how much
information you transfer. Contrast with
GPRS.

Device name

The name associated with your Centro and
with the info in your desktop software. The
device name (sometimes called the
username) distinguishes your Centro from
all other Palm OS

®

devices. When you first

synchronize your Centro, you are asked to
give it a device name. This name appears in
the User list in Palm Desktop software.
Every Palm OS device that is synchronized
with the same computer must have a
unique device name.

Dialog box

A set of options and command buttons that
is enclosed by a border and that enables
you to carry out a specific task.