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| any part of the computer you can physically touch. |
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| application programming interface |
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| blocks of code in the operating system that software applications need to interact with it. |
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| third generation for cell phones; can watch movies with 3.0g; commonly used in europe and japan, and slowly coming to the us. |
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| code-division multipe access (cdma) |
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| a form of multiplexing; used in cell phone technology; cdma is most commonly used now; tdma was preivously used. |
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| makes the iphone only usable with at&t; is a service given by at&t to make sure that it is the only provider compatible with the iphone. |
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| what your iphone will turn into if you try to hack into the system to make it compatible with other cell phone providers; once a software update occurs, the phone will no longer by able to work. |
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| the software development kit used to make the iphone a platform for new programs; used for writing new software and programs for the iphone. |
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| personal digital assistant (pda) |
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| a small device that enables a user to carry digital information. often called palm computers or handhelds, pdas are about the size of a hand and usually weigh less than 5 ounces. |
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| one of the most popular notation systems for entering data into a personal digital assistant. |
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| another popular notation system for entering data into a pda. |
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| some small device, like an mp3 player or a ipod, that plays music, movies, videos, etc. |
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| a popular operating system for full-featured cell phones. |
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| wireless mark-up language (wml) |
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| a format for writing content viewed on a cellular phone or personal digital assistant that is text-based and contains no graphics. |
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