| AAC; Adaptive Audio Coding |
AAC provides basically the same sound quality as MP3 while using a smaller bit rate. AAC is mainly used to compress music. |
| Advertise |
Advertise service in Bluetooth makes it known that a certain Bluetooth service is available. |
| AMR |
Adaptive Multi-rate Codec file format. |
| API |
Application Programming Interface |
| Bluetooth |
Bluetooth is a technology for wireless communication between devices that is based on a low-cost short-range radio link. |
| BPP |
Bits Per Pixel |
| C STDLIB |
Symbian OS's implementation of the C standard library |
| Dialog |
A temporary user interface window for presenting context-specific information to the user, or prompting for information in a specific context. |
| Discovery |
Discovery is a process where Bluetooth finds other nearby Bluetooth devices and their advertised services. |
| DLL |
Dynamic link library |
| GSM; Global System for Mobile communication |
GSM is a digital mobile telephone system that uses a variation of time division multiple access. It digitizes and compresses data, then sends it down a channel with two other streams of user data, each in its own time slot. |
| GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
| I/O |
input/output |
| IP |
Internet Protocol |
| MBM; MultiBitMap |
The native Symbian OS format used for pictures. MBM files can be generated with the bmconv.exe tool included in the S60 SDK. |
| MIDI; Musical Instrument Digital Interface |
A protocol and a set of commands for storing and transmitting information about music. |
| MIF; Multi-Image File |
MIF files are similar to MBM files and can contain compressed SVG-T files. This file type can be generated with the MifConv.exe tool. |
| MIME; Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |
MIME is an extension of the original Internet e-mail protocol that can be used to exchange different kinds of data files on the Internet. |
| MP3 |
A standard technology and format for compressing a sound sequence into a very small file while preserving the original level of sound quality when it is played. |
| OS |
Operating System |
| Real Audio |
An audio format developed by Real Networks. |
| RDBMS |
Relational database management system |
| SMS; Short Message System (within GSM) |
SMS is a service for sending messages of up to 160 characters, or 224 characters if using a 5-bit mode, to mobile phones that use GSM communication. |
| Softkey |
Softkey is a key that does not have a fixed function nor a function label printed on it. On a phone, selection keys reside below or above on the side of the screen, and derive their meaning from what is presently on the screen. |
| SQL |
Structured Query Language |
| SVG, SVG-T; Scalable Vector Graphics (-Tiny) |
XML-based vector graphics format for describing two-dimensional graphics and graphical applications. |
| Twip |
Twips are screen-independent units to ensure that the proportion of screen elements are the same on all display systems. A twip is defined as 1/1440 of an inch, or 1/567 of a centimeter. |
| UI |
User Interface |
| UI control |
UI control is a GUI component that enables user interaction and represents properties or operations of an object. |
| WAV |
A file format for recording sound, especially in multimedia applications. |
