Mobile Broadband and Mobile Data Connection Glossary
Broadband: Broadband or high-speed Internet access provides users access to the internet and internet-related services. Broadband services for residential customers typically provide faster downstream speeds (from the internet to computer) than upload speeds (from computer to internet).
3G broadband: What is 3G broadband? It’s currently the preferred method most mobile phones and mobile computers access the internet using a signal from a mobile internet service provider. It is called 3G because it is the ‘third generation’ of mobile technology. [LeadingPrimary] European and American internet service providers have 3G available for mobile subscribers.
Anti-spam: Used to prevent e-mail spam; which is also referred to junk e-mail or electronic junk mail. Email spam typically involves transmitting nearly identical messages sent to numerous recipients using e-mail. A common acronym for spam is UBE which stands for unsolicited bulk e-mail. There are various anti-spam methods.
Anti-spam techniques are divided into four broad categories: those that require actions by individuals, those that can be automated by e-mail administrators, those that are automated by e-mail senders and those utilized by researchers and law enforcement officials.
Anti-virus: This is software that attempts to guard computers, notebooks, and smartphones 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 forms of malware.
Malware is not just an annoyance, it often ruins computers and smartphones while potentially copying personal data.
There are many bad people out there making trouble and some kind of anti-virus software program is required on a broadband-enabled computers, laptops, and or smartphones.
Namebrand anti-virus software programs such as Norton or McAfee are often bundled by mobile internet service providers and supplied for free. Many people rely on free versions of products like Avast and AVG. One way or another – the reality is an anti-virus software program is necessary to protect computers, notebooks, and cell phones.
Anti-spyware: Spyware is broad category of malicious software that can insert itself on computers, and mobile phones from broadband internet connections. Spyware is designed to intercept or take partial control of a computer or mobile phone operation without permission from the device’s owner or legitimate user. Spyware can also do other mean things such as slow down processes and alter programs and settings. Some internet service providers provide good quality anti-spyware in broadband packages. Many anti-virus packages include anti-spyware.
Capping: In mobile data connection terms capping describes a cap, or limit, on the allowable quantity of data to download under terms a specific contract. When the cap is exceeded, additional charges often apply.
Dongle: In mobile data connection terms dongle has been almost universally adopted to describe the small device that plugs into another internet-enabled device to pick-up a mobile internet connection signal. Often just referred to as a stick, the dongle allows devices to access mobile broadband just like a smartphone.
Bandwidth Download speed: Bandwidth Download speed refers to how quickly a file (of information) can be downloaded from a remote source. This mobile broadband term describes how fast a connection can deliver data to a computer. A download can be anything from emails or a web page to live, streaming television, video or a software program. This is normally from a website that has the file that you want, or from another user that allows you to download the file directly from them. Similarly, anything going the other way from the computer to the internet is being ‘uploaded’ , such as sending images to a website.
Femtocells: Femtocells use internet connection and boost the 3G signal to make mobile phones – and devices with a dongle – work better. A femtocell is a wireless access point that provides localized 3G broadband coverage. Typically it is very small base station that receives broadband provider or ISP signals and boosts it around a small area, such as your house, office or event center. They very likely are going to become very common and will be important in location based services and marketing.
Firewall: A firewall is a software component used to stop unwanted traffic arriving on computers, laptops or mobile phones over the internet. The firewall will analyze arriving 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.
Firewall virus software applications are often bundled with anti-virus software programs as well as sometimes offered as free versions. Firewall software programs need to 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 mostly used to differentiate fixed-line broadband from mobile broadband which is wireless and uses a mobile broadband signal network.
Gb (or gigabit): Giga means one billion. Gb (note the small b) short for gigabit, a unit used to express the speed at which data travels across an internet connection (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 a contraction 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. To give a better idea of usage, a small Notepad file could be measured in bytes, a basic Word document in kilobytes, a music file in megabytes and a DVD movie in gigabytes.
HSPA, HSDPA, HSUPA: HSPA stands for ‘high speed packet access’. HSDPA is an acronym 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 network networks to improve the speed of data transfer.
HSPA Evolved, HSPA+: The next generation of HSPA is Evolved HSPA (or HSPA+) with potential mobile broadband speeds up to 42Mb.
ISP:ISP is an acronym for internet service provider.
Kb (or kilobit): Kb is an abbreviation kilobit, which is a term used to express the speed at which data travels across an internet connection also written as Kbps, or kilobits per second. This was typically used to measure dial-up internet speeds and still appears with slower mobile broadband connections.
LTE: LTE stands for Long Term Evolution, and is one of the next generation of mobile broadband technology. It is reputed to be capable of data transfer rates 15 to 100 times faster than current 3G mobile networks.
Mb (or Mbps, or megabit): Mb is a contraction of Megabit, and also written as Mbps, which stands for megabits per second. Mb commonly is used to describe the measurement of internet speeds. A Mb is 1024Kb, while there are 1024Mb in a Gb.
MB (or megabyte): MB is an abbreviation of for megabyte, which is a term used to describe the size of computer files and storage capacity.
Mi-Fi (or MiFi): Is a wireless router that, like a dongle, receives a mobile broadband signal. However, unlike a dongle (which plugs directly into a laptop or other internet enabled device), the Mi-Fi device distributes the signal wirelessly via Wi-Fi.
Wi-Fi: Pronounced ‘why-fye’, Wi-Fi is an abbreviation of Wireless Fidelity. It is a trademarked term of the Wi-Fi Alliance certified as working in tandem with other 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 means any electronic items that work wirelessly over a Wi-Fi network, technically but less likely referred to as a WLAN. Because of the close relationship with its underlying standard, the the term Wi-Fi is often used as a synonym for IEEE 802.11 technology.
WiMAX: This term is short for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access – a new broadband technology that has potential to offer a wireless broadband alternative without the need for cables. Similarly to LTE, WiMAX is being considered as the next generation of mobile broadband.
WLAN: WLAN is short for for wireless local area network, and is more typically known as Wi-Fi.
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