Wireless Glossary Terms
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- 3G (Third Generation Wireless)
- A Carrier
- A/B Switching
- Access Fee
- Activation
- Activation Fee
- Airtime
- Alphanumeric Display
- AMPS (Advanced Mobile Phone Service)
- Analog
- Antenna
- APC (Adaptive Power Control)
- Area Code
- Authentication
- Automatic Call Delivery
- B Carrier
- Bandwidth
- Bluetooth
- BREW (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless)
- Broadband
- BTA (Basic Trading Area)
- Call Forwarding
- Call Setup
- Call Waiting
- Caller ID
- Carrier
- CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access)
- CDMA2000 1X (Also 1xRTT)
- CDMA2000 1xEV-DO (and 1xEV-DV)
- CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data)
- Cell
- Cell Site
- Cellular
- Clone (Cloning)
- CO (Central Office)
- Coverage Area
- Cross-talk
- Decibel (dB)
- Digital
- Dual band
- Dual mode
- Duplex
- EDGE (Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution)
- ESMR (Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio)
- ESN (Electronic Serial Number)
- FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
- Fingerprinting
- Follow-Me Roaming
- GPRS (General Packet Radio Service)
- GSM (Global Standard for Mobile)
- Handoff
- Hands-Free Speakerphone
- Handset
- Handshake(ing)
- Home Coverage Area
- HomeRF
- IMT2000
- Interconnection Fee
- J2ME (Java 2 Micro Edition)
- Landline
- LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
- LED (Light Emitting Diode)
- LMDS (Local Multipoint Distribution System)
- Memory Dialing
- MMDS (Multipoint Multichannel Distribution Service)
- MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service)
- Monophonic Ringtones
- MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area)
- MTA (Major Trading Area)
- MTSO (Mobile Telephone Switching Office)
- NAM (Number Assignment Module)
- No Answer Transfer
- No Service Indicator
- Off Peak
- OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode)
- Paging
- PCS (Personal Communication Services)
- Peak Period(s)
- Polyphonic Ringtones
- POTS (Plain-Old-Telephone-Service)
- Prepaid Cellular/Wireless
- PRL (Preferred Roaming List)
- PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network)
- Radio-frequency fingerprinting
- RF (Radio Frequency)
- RF Noise
- RFI (Radio Frequency Interference)
- Ringback Tone
- Ringtone
- Roaming
- Roaming Agreement
- RSA (Rural Service Area)
- Sensitivity
- Service Area
- Service plan
- Signal-to-noise ratio
- SMS (Short Messaging System)
- Spectrum
- Spread Spectrum
- Standby Time
- Subscriber
- System Selection Switch
- T9® Text Input
- Talk Time
- TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access)
- Telecommunications Act of 1996
- Toll Charges
- Toll-Free Calling Area
- UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System)
- Voice Mail
- Voice-activated Dialing
- WAP (Wireless Application Protocol)
- WCDMA (Wideband CDMA)
- Wi-Fi
- Wireless Carrier
- WLL (Wireless Local Loop)
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What do you use your wireless device for? (Check as many as apply)| Making telephone calls | |
   | 37 |
| Texting | |
   | 32 |
   | 21 |
| Calendar / Appointment scheduler / reminder | |
   | 27 |
| Surfing the internet | |
   | 23 |
| Taking pictures | |
   | 31 |
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| 13 |
| Listen to music (mp3, internet radio, etc) | |
| 17 |
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| 33 |
| Address book | |
| 23 |
| Calculator | |
| 27 |
| Editing documents (.txt, .doc, powerpoint, etc) | |
| 4 |
| Watch mobile TV | |
| 6 |
| Teathering (Internet access for laptop or other device) | |
| 5 |
| GPS Navigation | |
| 13 |
