Global System for Mobile communication Digital mobile telecommunication network system.

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Asynchronous Transfer Mode Dedicated connection switching technology. ATM is one of the main technologies behind ISDN.

Bluetooth Wireless protocol for peripherals and input devices over short distances.

Wide Area Network A communications network that covers a wide geographic area, such as state or country.

Body Area Network (Wireless) network connecting miscellaneous medical monitoring devices, area = 1.5 m

Advanced Power Management Power management specification (preceeded ACPI)

Central Processing Unit Main processing chip of a computer.

File extension for MPEG audio layer 3 files. MP3 is a 'lossy' compression technology for compressing sound into very small files. The file size is about 1/10 (depending on compression rate) of the original file, with practically no audible loss.

A word invented from "picture element". Is the basic unit of programmable color on a computer display or in a computer image. The physical size of a pixel depends on how you've set the resolution for the display screen.