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Preliminary version - PA4
IMAP4
Internet Message Access Protocol version 4. Used
to collect email from a mail server. Has more fea-
tures than POP3.
iMelody
A format for monophonic ringtones.
IrDA
Infrared Data Association.
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network. Can provide
circuit-switched data connections in multiples of
64 Kbps.
ISP
Internet Service Provider.
J2ME™
Java2™ Micro Edition - an edition of the Sun
Microsystems Java programming/runtime environ-
ment specifying two runtime environment 'configu-
rations' aimed at small devices.
Java™ Phone
An API in Java™ used for interacting with a phone.
JFIF
JPEG File Interchange Format
JNI™
Java™ Native Interface
JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group, best known for
the .JPG format for still image compression.
JVM™
Java™ Virtual Machine
Kbps
Kilobits per second - rate of data flow.
KVM
'Kilo' Virtual Machine
LAN
Local Area Network.
MAC Address
Media Access Control address. This is a hardware
address that uniquely identifies each node on a
network.
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
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