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GPRS

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

General Packet Radio Service: The GSM network's high-speed packet data service component. GPRS speeds are equivalent to that of a 56k dial-up Internet connexion which can transfer between 20-40 ...

GPS

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

Global Positioning System: is a U.S. space-based global navigation satellite system that uses signals transmitted from orbiting satellites to calculate an object's location, speed, direction, and ...

SIM

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

Subscriber Identity Module: A removable smart card which stores security information identifying a subscriber on a given network.

POP3

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

Post Office Protocol version 3: An Internet protocol used to retrieve email from a remote server through a TCP/IP connection.

IMAP

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

Internet Message Access Protocol: An application-layer Internet protocol that allows a local client to access email on a remote server.

GSM

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

Global System for Mobile Communications: A digital cellular standard developed jointly developed by the European telecommunications administrators, operators, and manufacturers. GSM is one of two ...

802.11b/g

Mobile communications; Mobile phones

Two of the wireless LAN specifications defined by IEEE 802.11. They are over-the-air modulation protocols used for wireless networking to transmit over the 2.4 GHz band. Also known as Wi-Fi.

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