19216811.live36
Mbps
Megabits per second
PDA
Personal Digital Assistant. A handheld device used for organization, notes, address books, etc.
Rev A
CDMA
EV-DO
Rev.
A
is
a
leading-edge
wireless
technology
with
higher
data
rates
and
higher
system
capacity.
It
is
a
fully
backward
compatible
standard
and
remains
interoperable
with
deployed
EV-DO
networks
and devices
around
the
world.
The
increased
data
rates
on
Rev.
A's
physical
layer
enable
richer
applications
and services.
For
more
information,
visit
www.cdg.org
.
SMS
Short
Messaging
Service.
Short
text
messages
of
generally
no
more
than
140-160
characters
sent
and received
by
wireless
devices.
USB
Universal
Serial
Bus.
A
connection
type
for
computing
device
peripherals
such
as
a
printer,
mobile device,
etc.
VPN
Virtual
Private
Network.
A
way
to
communicate
through
a
dedicated
server
securely
to
a
corporate
network
over the
Internet.
WAN / WWAN
Wide
Area
Network
(WAN).
A
computer
network
covering
a
broad
geographical
area.
WANs
are
used
to connect
local
area
networks
(LANs)
together,
so
that
users
and
computers
in
one
location
can
communicate with
users
and
computers
in
other
locations.
WWAN
Wireless
Wide
Area
Network
(WWAN).
Also
called
"wireless
broadband"
or
"broadband
wireless,"
wireless WANs
(WWANs)
use
cellular
towers
to
transmit
a
wireless
signal
over
a
range
of
several
miles
to
a
mobile device
compared
to
wireless
Wi-Fi
LANs
(WLANs),
which
span
only
a
few
hundred
feet
and
generally
to
only stationary
devices.