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Terms – Palm 680 User Manual

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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

®

Treo

680 smart

device from which you can open all
applications.

Auto-off interval

The time of inactivity that passes before
the screen on your Treo 680 turns off. The
wireless features on your Treo 680 are
unaffected by this setting.

Beam

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

Bluetooth

®

wireless technology

Technology that enables devices such as
Treo 680s, 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 how much
information you transfer. Contrast with
GPRS.

Device name

The name associated with your Treo 680
and with the info in your desktop software.
The device name (sometimes called the
username) distinguishes your Treo 680
from all other Palm OS

®

devices. When you

first synchronize your Treo 680, 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.