Glossary Term List

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Our online glossary is here to help you make sense of the terminology used in the cell phone industry. It covers mobile technologies, such as 3G and 4G, and even includes a bit of information on smartphone operating systems and the companies that make the cell phones and other mobile technology devices we all use.

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C-HTML [AKA "cHTML"] - cHTML, short for Compact HTML, is a subset of the normal HTM...

capacitive touchscreen - In the cell phone industry there are two major categories of...

carrier - Carrier is a term commonly used in the United States and Can...

CCD - A CCD is a type of image sensor used in digital cameras. Wh...

CDMA - CDMA stands for code division multiple access, a form of mul...

Charge-Coupled Device [AKA "CCD"] - A CCD is a type of image sensor used in digital cameras. Wh...

cHTML - cHTML, short for Compact HTML, is a subset of the normal HTM...

churn rate - Churn rate, as it relates to mobile network carriers, is the...

CIF - A pixel resolution of 352 pixels by 288 pixels....

Circuit-Switched Data [AKA "CSD"] - CSD, or Circuit-Switched Data, was a system used on early GS...

CMOS - CMOS is a type of integrated circuit chip manufacturing proc...

Cobalt [AKA "Palm OS"] - Palm OS is the operating system used on the Palm Pilot and T...

Code Division Multiple Access [AKA "CDMA"] - CDMA stands for code division multiple access, a form of mul...

color saturation - Color saturation refers to how vivid and intense a color is....

Color Super-Twisted Nematic [AKA "CSTN"] - Color super-twisted nematic (CSTN) is the type of passive ma...

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