Mobile Broadband and Mobile Internet Connection Glossary
Broadband: Broadband or high-speed Internet access gives 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 upstream speeds (from computer to internet).
3G broadband: What is 3G broadband? It’s currently the most common method most mobile phones and mobile computers access the web using a signal from a mobile internet service provider. It is referred to as 3G because it is the ‘third generation’ of mobile technology. nearly all of the US, UK and Europe is now supported by 3G network signals from the leading suppliers.
Anti-spam: Some of these solutions are embedded in products, services and. Some anti-spam takes place at the network level before ever reaching computers, others are built-in, some need to be added to email clients like Outlook. No one solution is a complete solution to the spam problem. Each technique comes with trade-offs between incorrectly rejecting legitimate e-mail versus not rejecting all spam; and the associated costs in time and effort.
Anti-spam solutions can be broken into four general categories: those that require actions from individuals, those that can be automated by e-mail 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, notebooks, and smartphones from malicious internet (including email) transferred malware. Malware is malicious software applications normally intended to be intrusive or damaging. Computer viruses, Trojan horses and worms are common types of malware.
Malware will often damage your computer, laptop or smartphone and can even copy your personal information or just be annoying.
There are a lot of bad people out there making problems and some kind of anti-virus software application is mandatory on a broadband-enabled computers, laptops, and or cell phones.
Namebrand anti-virus software applications like Norton or McAfee are sometimes included by mobile internet service providers and supplied for free. Other people rely on free versions of products such as Avast and AVG. One way or another – the reality is an anti-virus software application is needed to protect computers, notebooks, and mobile phones.
Anti-spyware: Spyware is broad category of malicious software that can implant itself on computers, and smartphones via broadband internet connections. Spyware is designed to intercept or take partial control of a computer or cell phone operation without permission from the device’s owner or legitimate user. Spyware is a type of malware installed on computers that secretly gathers information about users without their knowledge. Including sensitive data like websites used or content of emails.
Capping: In mobile broadband terms capping describes a cap, or limit, on the data allowed to download on a specific contract. When the cap is exceeded, additional charges often apply.
Dongle: In mobile internet 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 network signal. Also sometimes called a ‘stick’, these devices plug easily into a USB port on a notebook or PC and contain a SIM card from a mobile broadband provider, in the same way a smartphone accesses data and the internet.
Bandwidth Download speed: Bandwidth Download speed refers to how quickly a file (of information) can be downloaded from a remote source. This mobile internet connection term describes how fast a connection can deliver data to a computer. Anything that moves across the internet to a computer is considered to be ‘downloaded’. 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; but fortunately now it is more common to measure this connection speed it megabytes or millions of bytes per second.
Femtocells: Femtocells use internet 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 network provider or ISP signals and boosts it around a small area, such as your house, office or event center. They are expected to become quite common and will play an integral role in location based services and marketing.
Firewall: A firewall is a software component used to stop outside access on computers, laptops or cell 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 halted.
Firewall virus software applications are often included with anti-virus software applications as well as sometimes offered as free versions. Malicious data can sometimes get around firewall protection and a firewall alone cannot maintain computer and smartphone protection.
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 internet connection signal network.
Gb (or gigabit): Giga means one billion. Gb (note the small b) short for gigabit, a unit used to describe 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 short for gigabyte, which is often used to express 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 stands for ‘high speed packet access’. HSDPA is an acronym for ‘high speed download packet access’ and HSUPA is an acronym ‘high speed upload’ packet access’, each expresses 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 stands for internet service provider.
Kb (or kilobit): Kb is a contraction of kilobit, which is a term used to express internet data speed also written as Kbps, or kilobits per second. It was commonly used to measure dial-up internet speeds and still crops up 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 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 short for 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 short for for megabyte, which is a term used to express the size of computer files and storage capacity.
Usage allowance: This expression describes the quantity data allowed to transmit through a mobile broadband connection. Typically it is either a fixed monthly quota, or a pay as you go. Using more data than contracted can be subject to surcharges.
Wi-Fi: Pronounced ‘why-fye’, Wi-Fi is an abbreviation of Wireless Fidelity. It is a trademarked term of the Wi-Fi Alliance that manufacturers may use to brand certified 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 seldom referred to as a WLAN. Because of the close relationship with its underlying standard, the abbreviation Wi-Fi is often used as a synonym for IEEE 802.11 technology.
WiMAX: This expression 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. Like 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 called Wi-Fi.
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