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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UI [AKA "user interface"] - The user interface, or UI, of a device is the look and feel ...

UIQ - UIQ, short for User Interface Quartz, is a user interface fo...

Ultra-WideBand [AKA "UWB"] - Ultra-WideBand is a class of technologies that transmit on a...

UMA - Unlicensed Mobile Access is a technology that allows a UMA c...

UMTS - UMTS is a 3G networking standard used throughout much of the...

Unlicensed Mobile Access [AKA "UMA"] - Unlicensed Mobile Access is a technology that allows a UMA c...

uplink - The uplink part of a network connection is used to send, or ...

USB - The Universal Serial Bus, or USB, standard defines a connect...

user interface - The user interface, or UI, of a device is the look and feel ...

UWB - Ultra-WideBand is a class of technologies that transmit on a...

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