Airtime Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Time tracked by your service provider to determine your billing costs. It includes making/receiving calls, SMS, email and faxing

Back up Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Creating copies of files which are stored in a safe place

Band Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

In wireless communication, band refers to a frequency or contiguous range of frequencies

Bandwidth Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

The capacity of a communications channel. Analogue band width is measured in hertz (hz). Digital bandwidth is measured in Bits Per Second (BPS)

Base Station Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

A site containing a radio transmitter/receiver and network communication equipment

Bit Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Single unit of computer memory

Bluetooth Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Bluetooth is a short-range wireless connection for mobile phones, computers and personal digital assistants (PDA's)

Bps CCell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Bits per second

The speed at which data can be moved

Byte Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

A byte is a single character which is made up of 8 bits

Cell Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

The geographic area determining the signal range from each base station

Data Services Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Ability to access services such as e-mail, fax, SMS using a mobile phone

Digital Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Is the technology that all networks use. The digital network offers better coverage, more services and it is more secure than the old analogue network

Download Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin 

Copying of a file/program between computers/pda's/internet

Dual Band Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

A phone that is capable of operating on two frequency bands such as 900mhz and 1800mhz

EPOC Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

EPOC is an operating system used by Psion and other PDA manufacturers

Email Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

The electronic transfer and storage of written messages

Excel Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

A popular spreadsheet package for Windows

Freeware Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Software that is free to download and use

GPRS Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

General Packet Radio System, a system to improve the speed of the current mobile networks

GSM Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Global System for Mobile Communications

The standard of European mobile phones. GSM runs at 900mhz. Vodafone and Cellnet use the GSM network

Hand Off Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

The transfer of a call from one cell site to another as the user moves through the service area

HTML Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Hypertext Mark-up language

The language in which WWW pages are written

HTML Browser Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

A program which allows the user to view HTML pages

Icons Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Pictures/logos representing programmes on the computer screen

IMEI Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

International Mobile Equipment Identifier is a 15 digit number that uniquely identifies a mobile phone. The IMEI number is situated on the back of the phone

Infrared Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Many of the latest mobile devices incorporate IrDA ports for cable free data transmission, via infrared light. Unlike Bluetooth, data transmission is point-to-point, requiring the ports to be lined up. Phones with infrared cannot connect handheld PC's or laptops to the Internet unless it also has a built-in modem

Internet Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

The channel through which email and the web flows

ISDN Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Integrated Services Digital Network

Digital telephone network allowing faster data speeds

ISP Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Internet Service Provider

A company providing Internet access to users

KBS Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Kilobytes per second (1kbs = 1000 bps)

LAN Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Local Area Network

Direct linking of several computers to share information

Megabytes (MB) Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

A megabyte (1048576 bytes = 1MB)

Memory Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Area used to store information, measured in bytes

Memory Master Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Software that allows you to transfer your numbers from one sim card to another.

Modem Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Modulator/demodulator

Converts data from digital to analogue and vice versa so data can be transferred

Mviva Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Is a WISP that offers a variety of services through your mobile phone. Services that Mviva offer include email, SMS, M diary, shopping, share trading, betting and all the very latest sport and news

Network Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

The network is the company that handles your calls and provides you with services such as voicemail, SMS etc

O/S Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Operating System, an interface that allows the user to interact with the computer

Outlook Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Popular email/diary/contacts package for Windows

PC Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Personal Computer using Windows Operating System

PCMCIA Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

Known as a PC Card

PCN Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Personal Communications Network. PCN runs at 1800mhz. Orange and One2One uses the PCN network.

PDA Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Personal Digital Assistant

A small device which allows you to store names, addresses and appointments at the touch of a button. PDA's can also be used to read emails and access the internet (with a compatible phone)

PIN Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Personal Identification Number

PIN is used as a security measure to prevent unauthorized users making calls

Portal CCell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Another name for a WISP

Preinstalled Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Software already on a PDA or laptop at point of sale

PsiWin Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Software that allows a Psion and Windows PC to synchronise

PSTN Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Public Switch Telephone Network - a system on which standard landline phones operate

RAM Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Random Access Memory

Roaming Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

A facility offered by the networks that allows you to use your mobile phone abroad. To enable the roaming facility you must contact your service provider

SIM Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Subscriber identity module. Unique chip in a mobile phone

Shareware Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Software which can be trialed for free, then paid for later

Smartphone Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

A combination of a mobile phone and a pocket computer

Software Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Computer programme

Triband Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

A phone that is capable of operating on three frequency bands, 900mhz, 1800mhz and 1900mhz. A triband phone is needed to if you wish to use your phone in the USA

UMTS Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Universal Mobile Telephone System, the name of the mobile network that will replace the current GSM systems sometime in 2002

WAP Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Wireless Application Protocol, is a technical standard designed to allow the content of the Internet to be viewed on the screen of a mobile device such as mobile phones, personal organisers and pagers. The information and services available are stripped down to their basic text format to ensure rapid loading to the phone

WAP Browser Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

A programme which allows viewing of WML pages

Wap Portal Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Provider of connection to the mobile Internet - e.g. Mviva

WAPWorld Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

WAPWorld is an independent WAP gateway and portal offering you the world of the wireless web on your mobile phone

Web Browsing Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Viewing web pages online and offline

Web Clipping Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Retrieval of specific information from the internet

WISP Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Wap Internet Service Provider, a company that provides access to WAP content on the Internet

WML3G Cell Phone & Mobiles Phone terms explained O2 Vodaphone Fresh Orange T-Mobiles Virgin

Is the term given to the new range of infrastructure and handsets being developed to provide much enhanced data communication services within the cellular networks