23. Glossary
Term
Definition
antenna
The portion of your phone designed to transmit and receive
the wireless signal.
antenna jack
The connector used to attach an external antenna to your
mobile phone (typically used by the Hands-free kit).
battery
The source of power for your phone when it’s not connected
to the charger.
bookmark
A web site or address (URL) that is saved to your phone’s
memory. A bookmark stores the addresses of your favorite
websites and then recalls them from memory so you can
return to the location quickly and easily.
browser
A computer program used for accessing sites or information
on a network (such as the World Wide Web).
data call
A call that is placed or received where your phone functions
as a data/fax modem, connected to your PC via the DLR-3P
cable or IR.
earpiece
The portion of your phone that contains the audio speaker.
earpiece
volume
The audible level of the earpiece in an active call.
Electronic mail. A message sent electronically.
fax call
A call that is placed or received where your phone functions
as a data/fax modem, connected to your PC via the DLR-3P
cable or IR.
home system
The wireless system on which you are a subscriber.
IMEI
International Mobile Equipment Identifier. Used by service
providers to identify your phone on the wireless network.
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Internet
An electronic communications network that connects
computer networks and organizational computer facilities
around the world.
IrDA
Infrared Data Association. IrDA is a non-profit trade
association with a membership that ensures interoperability
between devices of all types.
keypad tones
The sounds you hear when a key on your phone’s keypad is
pressed.
message alert
tone
The sounds you hear upon receipt of a text or system
message by your phone.
microphone
The electronic element located in the slide of your phone,
responsible for picking up your voice and other sounds.
navigate
To move from one Internet site (web page) to another, or
from one menu to another.
non-home
system
Any system that does not use the same wireless “format” as
your home system.
number keys
The numbered keys on your phone’s keypad.
power key
The button on the front of the phone that allows you to turn
the phone on or off. It can also be used to recall and switch
your phone’s profiles.
predictive text
input
A system developed for the rapid entry of text via a highly
compressed database (or dictionary) of words.
preferred
system
A system that uses the same “format” as your home system,
but is not the system on which you are a subscriber.
ringing option
The way your phone plays (or does not play) the selected
ringing tone when you have an incoming call. For example,
ascending, descending.
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Definition
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Glossary
ringing tone
The tone that your phone plays (or doesn’t play) when you
have an incoming call.
ringing volume
The audible level of your phone’s ringing tones.
roaming
The state of your phone when you are no longer in your
service provider’s network, often resulting in additional
charges.
roller
A multi function key on the front of the phone. Roll the roller
to scroll through your phone’s menu structure and phone
book. Press the roller to make your selection or to access the
phone book or submenu structure.
screen or
display
Your phone’s display.
scroll
To move through a list of names, menu items, and so on, by
rolling the roller up or down. Each new selection or option is
highlighted as you roll to it.
selection keys
The keys under the lower left and right corners of your
phone’s display. These keys are defined by the text above
them, inside the display.
SIM
Subscriber Identity Module
slide
The moving keypad cover, used to protect the keypad, as well
as answer and end calls.
SMS
Short Message Service. A service whereby short text
messages (typically around 160 characters) can be sent and
received via your phone.
text message
See SMS.
URL
Universal Resource Locator. A URL is a specific address or
location on the internet (for example, http://www.NokiaUSA.com)
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voice mail
A system maintained by your service provider, used to record
voice messages, when you’re unable to answer a call.
voice mailbox
The repository on your service provider’s network for all
voice mail messages.
volume
See earpiece volume or ringing volume.
warning tones
The collection of tones or melodies that are played when
your phone alerts you to a variety of situations, or those
tones you hear when you play one of the phone’s games.
WAP
Wireless Application Protocol. WAP is a new part of the
Internet designed specifically for mobile device users.
wireless
network
Your service provider’s operating environment, comprised of
various types of hardware, software, and landline
connections, making wireless calls possible.
World Wide
Web
(WWW)
A part of the Internet designed to allow easier navigation
through the use of graphical user interfaces and hypertext
links between different addresses -- called also Web.
WWW
Abbreviation for World Wide Web.
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