Mobile Broadband and Mobile Data Connection Glossary
April 29, 2010 by admin
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Mobile Broadband and Mobile Network Glossary
Broadband: Broadband or high-speed Internet access allows users access to the internet and internet-related services. Broadband services for residential consumers typically provide faster downstream speeds (from the internet to computer) than upstream speeds (from computer to internet).
3G broadband: What is 3G broadband? It’s currently the most favored system nearly all cell phones and mobile computers access the internet using a signal from a mobile internet service provider. It is referred to as 3G because it is the ‘third generation’ of mobile technology. [LeadingPrimary] European and American internet service providers have 3G available for mobile users.
Anti-spam: Used to prevent e-mail spam; which is also referred to junk e-mail or electronic junk mail. Email spam typically involves sending nearly identical messages sent to numerous recipients by e-mail. A common acronym for spam is UBE which stands for unsolicited bulk e-mail. There are numerous anti-spam methods.
Anti-spam approaches are divided into four general categories: those that need actions from individuals, those that can be automated by systems administrators, those that are automated by e-mail senders and those employed by researchers and law enforcement officials.
Anti-virus: This is software that attempts to protect computers, laptops, and mobile phones from malicious internet (including email) transferred malware. Malware is malicious software programs often intended to be intrusive or damaging. Computer viruses, Trojan horses and worms are typical types of malware.
Malware is not just an annoyance, it normally ruins computers and smartphones while potentially stealing personal data.
There are a lot of bad people out there making trouble and some kind of anti-virus software program is essential on a broadband-enabled computers, laptops, and or cell phones.
Namebrand anti-virus software programs like Norton or McAfee are often included by mobile internet service providers and supplied for free. Other people rely on free versions of products like Avast and AVG. One way or another – the reality is an anti-virus software application is necessary to protect computers, laptops, and smartphones.
Anti-spyware: Spyware is broad category of malicious software that can insert itself on notebooks, and smartphones via broadband internet connections. Spyware is designed to intercept or take partial control of a computer or smartphone operation without permission from the device’s owner or legitimate user. Spyware is nasty computer software applications that surreptitiously obtain, monitor and report information from a person’s computer without their knowledge or consent. This can include sensitive information such as details of sites visited, and even e-mail.
Capping: In mobile network terminology capping describes a cap, or limitation, on the data allowed to download on a certain contract. When the cap is exceeded, additional charges often apply.
Dongle: In mobile broadband terminology dongle is the word that typically is used to to describe the small device that plugs into another internet-enabled device to pick-up a mobile broadband signal. Also sometimes called a ’stick’, these devices plug easily into a USB port on a laptop or PC and contain a SIM card from a mobile internet connection supplier, in the same way a mobile phone accesses data and the internet.
Bandwidth Download speed: Bandwidth Download speed refers to how quickly a file (of data) can be downloaded from a remote source. This mobile data connection term describes how fast a connection can deliver data to a computer. To “download” something means to put it on your computer, usually over the internet. The download speed is measured by how much of the file is transferred to you over a certain amount of time. It used to be most download speeds were measured in kb/s, kilobytes per second, or thousands of (data) bytes per second; however fortunately currently it is more typical to measure this connection speed it megabytes or millions of bytes per second.
Femtocells: Femtocells use data connection and boost the 3G signal to make mobile phones – and devices with a dongle – perform better. A femtocell is a wireless access point that delivers localized 3G broadband coverage. Typically it is very small base station that receives data connection supplier or ISP signals and boosts it around a small area, such as your house, office or event center. They are expected to become very common and will play an integral role in location based services and marketing.
Firewall: A firewall is a software component used to stop unwanted traffic arriving on computers, laptops or smartphones over the internet. The firewall will evaluate incoming data that connect to the computers, laptops or cell phones, and if it doesn’t meet the settings allocated to it, the data transfer will be stopped.
A good firewall virus software program is necessary to protect computers, laptops, and mobile phones with a broadband connection. Firewall software applications should work with anti-spyware, anti-virus, and anti-spam software to be most effective.
Fixed-line: Fixed-line broadband is a term used to describe either cable or ADSL internet connections. The term is primarily used to differentiate fixed-line broadband from mobile broadband which is wireless and uses a mobile data connection signal network.
Gb (or gigabit): Giga means one billion. Gb (note the small b) an abbreviation of gigabit, a unit used to express internet data speed (also sometimes written as Gbps, or gigabits per second). Current broadband connections are measured in Mb (megabits per second) – there are 1024Mb in 1Gb.
GB (or Gbps, or gigabyte): GB is an abbreviation of gigabyte, which is often used to describe the size of computer files and memory storage capacity. There are 1024 bytes in a kilobyte (KB), 1024 kilobytes in a megabyte (MB), and 1024 megabytes in a gigabyte. For comparison, a small Notepad file is typically measured in bytes, a basic Word document in kilobytes, a music file in megabytes and a DVD movie in gigabytes.
HSPA, HSDPA, HSUPA: HSPA is an acronym for ‘high speed packet access’. HSDPA stands for ‘high speed download packet access’ and HSUPA stands ‘high speed upload’ packet access’, each describes the same technology either sending or receiving data. It is the latest advancement in quality for mobile broadband usage, working on various 3G mobile data connection networks to improve the speed of data transfer.
HSPA Evolved, HSPA+: The next generation of HSPA is Evolved HSPA (or HSPA+) with possible mobile broadband speeds up to 42Mb.
ISP:ISP is an acronym for internet service provider.
KB (or Kbps, or kilobyte): KB is short for kilobyte, which is a term used to express the size of computer files and storage capacity.
LTE: LTE stands for Long Term Evolution, and is one of the next generation of mobile broadband technology. It is supposed to be capable of data transfer rates 15 to 100 times faster than current 3G mobile networks.
Mb (or Mbps, or megabit): Mb is an abbreviation of Megabit, and also written as Mbps, which stands for megabits per second. Mb commonly is used to express the measurement of internet speeds. A Mb is 1024Kb, while there are 1024Mb in a Gb.
MB (or megabyte): MB is a contraction of for megabyte, which is a term used to express the size of computer files and storage capacity.
Upload speed: This term describes how fast a broadband connection can send data from computers or mobile phones. Anything that goes across the internet from a computer, notebook, or smartphone is considered to be ‘uploaded’.
Wi-Fi: Pronounced ‘why-fye’, Wi-Fi is a contraction of Wireless Fidelity. It is a trademarked term of the Wi-Fi Alliance certified as working in tandem with additional products that belong to a class of wireless local area network (WLAN) devices based on the IEEE 802.11 standards.
However, in common usage it is taken by most to mean any electronics that work wirelessly over a Wi-Fi network, technically but less likely labelled a WLAN. Wi-Fi is the term more often referred to rather than the term technical IEEE 802.11 technology.
WiMAX: This term is a contraction of Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access – a new broadband technology that claims to provide a wireless broadband alternative without the need for cables. Similarly to LTE, WiMAX is being touted as the next generation of mobile broadband.
WLAN: WLAN is a contraction of for wireless local area network, and is more typically known as Wi-Fi.
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