E51 User Guide - Nokia

Glossary
Glossary
3G 3rd generation mobile communications. A
digital system for mobile communications
which aims at global use and provides
increased bandwidth. 3G lets a mobile
device user access a wide variety of services,
such as multimedia.
Ad-hoc
operating
mode
A WLAN network mode where two or more
devices connect to each other using WLAN
directly without a WLAN access point.
Cookies Cookies are little pieces of information,
given by the server to you, to store
information about your visits to a web site.
When you accept cookies, the server is able
to evaluate your use of the web site, what
you are interested in, what you want to
read, and so on.
DNS Domain name service. An internet service
that translates domain names such as
www.nokia.com into IP addresses such as
192.100.124.195. Domain names are easier
to remember but this translation is needed
124
because the internet is based on IP
addresses.
DTMF tones Dual Tone Multi-Frequency tones. The DTMF
system is used by touch-tone telephones.
DTMF assigns a specific frequency, or tone,
to each key so that it can easily be identified
by a microprocessor. DTMF tones allow you
to communicate with voice mailboxes,
computerised telephony systems, and so
on.
EAP Extensible authentication protocol. EAP
plug-ins are used in wireless networks to
authenticate wireless devices and
authentication servers.
EGPRS Enhanced GPRS. EGPRS is similar to GPRS,
but it enables faster connection. For more
information on the availability of EGPRS and
data transfer speed, contact your service
provider.
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