3

3G

Third Generation Mobile Telephony, the network currently in the process of being introduced that will permit high data transfer speeds and advanced services.

A

ADSL

Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line

AMPS

Advanced Mobile Telephone Service, standard for analogue mobile telephony services developed in the US.

ASP

Active Server Pages, abbreviated .asp in Internet addresses, is a programming tool from Microsoft that places the majority of intelligence on the server.

ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

B

Bluetooth

Shortwave radio-based technology employing a new type of chip that enables wireless transfer of signals at short distances between telephones, computers and other equipment.

Bluetooth Host Stack from Ericsson

Software component that enables local wireless connections between PCs and other units, such as handheld computers, mobile phones, LAN ports, digital cameras and headsets. The stack conforms to the Bluetooth specification and is independent of both operating system and hardware.

Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG)

An organisation consisting of leading companies in the telecommunications, computer and network industries. The organisation has been established to standardise and speed development of Bluetooth technology and to introduce it on the market.

Broadband

Transfer principle entailing greater bandwidth than what is available for traditional transfer of voice. Transfer speeds of 2Mbit/s and higher are generally considered to be broadband.

Browser

Client program used to navigate through the information resources of the Internet.

C

Client

A program on a networked computer that utilises the services of a server. May also refer collectively to both computers and programs.

CDMA

Code Division Multiple Access, technology for digital transfer of radio signals between, for example, a mobile phone and a base radio station.

CDPD

Cellular Digital Packet Data

CRM

Customer Relationship Management, program that help a company handle customer relations in an organised way, e.g. by integrating sales, marketing, customer service, and support.

D

D-AMPS

Digital Advanced Mobile Phone System

DECT

Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications

Domain Name

Web address that can be obtained by registering with one of the following representatives: For a .se domain go to http://www.nic-se.se. For a .com, .net, or .org domain go to http://www.networksolutions.com. Other services for domain name registration worldwide can be found at http://www.domaininfo.com or at http://www.netnames.co.uk

DSL

Digital Subscriber Line

DWDM

Dense Wave Division Multiplexing

E

EDGE

Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution, enhancement technology for GSM or TDMA permitting Global Evolution (EDGE) data transfer speeds up to 384 kbit/s.

EDI

Electronic Data Interchange, a collection of standardised tools for the exchange of information computer-to-computer, specially adapted to electronic commerce.

EMS

Enhanced Messaging Service

EPOC

Operating system designed specifically for mobile terminals such as mobile telephones and hand-held computers.

ERP

Enterprise Resource Planning is an integrated business system that handles entire or large parts of a company's administration, planning, and logistics. Payroll and human resources administration systems are included, business systems, production and inventory systems, as well as logistics systems, often combined and supplemented with EDI.

Extranet

Extension of a company's intranet onto the Internet, permitting selected customers, suppliers and colleagues working in the field to obtain exclusive access to information and services through the web.

G

Gateway

A program on a computer that translates between different protocols. May also refer collectively to both computers and programs.

GPRS

General Packet Radio Services, used to transfer large quantities of data such as pictures and Web pages, over mobile networks. GPRS is customised for Internet traffic, but may be used for all types of packet-linked data traffic.

GSM

Global System for Mobile Communications, the most prevalent standard today for digital mobile telephony. Used on the 900 MHz and 1,800 MHz frequencies in Europe, Asia and Australia, and 1,900 MHz in North America and Latin America.

H

HTML

Hypertext Markup Language, code language for creating documents for use on the Web. HTML defines the structure and appearance of a Web document.

I

IDSL

ISDN Digital Subscriber Line

Intranet

A network, based on IP, that belongs to an organisation, usually a company, and is only accessible to the organisation's members and employees or other authorised persons.

IP

Internet Protocol, protocol that constitutes the basis for all communication on the Internet. Defines how information is transferred between systems. Version 4 (IPv4) is most commonly used at present. The pending version 6 (IPv6) is also called IP next generation (IPng).

IP telephony

Technology for transfer of voice calls on the Internet. Also called Voice over IP, VoIP.

ISDN

Integrated Service Digital Network

ISP

Internet Service Provider, organisation providing connection to the Internet.

J

Javascript

Programming language that interacts with HTML on Web pages to make them interactive.

L

LAN

Local Area Network, a basic component in a company's information management.

LMCS

Local Multipoint Communications Systems

LMDS

Local Multipoint Distribution Services

M

MMS

Multimedia Messaging Service, allows users to send and receive multimedia messages with a mobile terminal.

MP3

Abbreviation of MPEG-1, Audio Layer 3, and MPEG, which stands for Moving Pictures Expertise Group. MP3 is a standard that translates digitally recorded music into data files.

MPLS

Multi-Protocol Label Switching

N

NMT

Nordic Mobile Telephony

O

OBI

Open Buying on the Internet is a purchasing process that gives a step-by-step description of transactions between the buyer, supplier, and payment institution.

OSS

Operations Support Systems, a set of programs that help network operators monitor, control, analyse and rectify malfunctions in a telecommunications network.

OTP

Open Telecom Platform

P

PCN

Personal Communications Network

PCS

Personal Communications Services

PDA

Personal Digital Assistent, a small portable computer carried by the user, primarily used for notes, addresses and e-mail. Also called a hand-held computer.

PDC

Personal Digital Cellular

PHS

Personal Handyphone System

PMR

Private Mobile Radio

Portal

A website bringing together a large range of services and contents, intended by the owner for network users to utilise as a home page - the page through which users

Protocol

A set of rules for data communication within a network. Includes the processes required to establish, implement and complete a connection.

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

A collective term for the functions enabling secure data transfer: digital certificates, encryption, authentication, non-repudiation, backup copying and withdrawal of certificates.

R

R & D

Research and Development

Router

Packet switch for connecting local networks with traffic control and filtering capabilities when there are several routes for each information packet to be transported between two endpoints.

S

Scalability

The possibility of increasing capacity in an existing system without significant costs, and without making changes in applications.

SDSL

Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line

Server

A program that provides services to other computers (clients) in a network and distributes shared resources such as data, programs and communications access. May refer collectively to both computers and programs.

SMS

Short Message Service, GSM function enabling messages up to 160 characters long to be sent and received by mobile terminals through a network operator's message centre.

SONET

Synchronous Optical Network

Source Code

The code of a computer program before it is converted to machine code by compiling. At this stage, a program usually consists of an ASCII file written in a word-processing or editing programme.

Streaming

Collective term for the technology that makes it possible to transmit sound and images over the Internet.

T

TACS

Total Access Communication System

TDMA

Time Division Multiple Access

TMN

Telecom Management Network

U

UMTS

Universal Mobile Telephone Systems, the third-generation (3G) standard for mobile telephony Telecommunications in Europe standardised by ETSI, the European standards authority for telecommunications.

URL

Uniform Resource Locator is a Web address, the first part of which states which protocol is used to transfer files.

V

VoIP

Voice over Internet Protocol, see IP telephony

W

W-LAN

Wireless Local Area Network

W3C

World Wide Web Consortium, the international organisation that defines which functions will be included in Web languages

WAN

Wide Area Network

WAP

Wireless Application Protocol, a free, unlicensed protocol for wireless communication that makes it possible to create advanced telecommunications services and to access Internet pages to a mobile telephone. WAP is a de facto industry standard supported by a large number of suppliers.

WAP Forum

Industry association that has developed WAP into the de facto standard for wireless information and telephony services via digital mobile phones and other wireless terminals.

WCDMA

Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, broadband digital radio communications technology Access for Internet, multimedia, video and other high-band-width applications. WCDMA is the technology that most European countries and many others have chosen for third-generation mobile networks.

WDM

Wave Division Multiplexing

WIN

Wireless Intelligent Network, assists in delivery of advanced services including roaming between networks

WML

Wireless Markup Language, an XML-based language used to adapt information for low-bandwidth terminals, such as mobile phones.

WPKI

Wireless Public Key Infrastructure, a collective term for functions that enable secure mobile data transfer: digital certificates, encryption, authentication, non-repudiation, backup copying and withdrawal of certificates.

WWW

World Wide Web, a tool for bringing information on the Internet that is stored as text, image and video to computers worldwide.

X

XHTML

eXtensible Hyper Text Markup Language is a new language for creating Web pages that can also be read on the small screen of a handheld computer.

XML

eXtensible Markup Language, a standard allowing documents to be defined and presentation of pages to be controlled uniformly on the web, regardless of the local computing environment. XML permits considerably greater specialised functionality than HTML for applications such as electronic commerce. Web designers can create their own tags, thus simplifying the definition, transfer, validation and interpretation of data between applications and organisations.