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AirCard® 597E ExpressCard - User Guide

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FCC Federal Communications Commission—The U.S. federal agency

that is responsible for interstate and foreign communications.

The FCC regulates commercial and private radio spectrum

management, sets rates for communications services, deter-

mines standards for equipment, and controls broadcast

licensing. Consult

www.fcc.gov.

firmware Software stored in ROM or EEPROM; essential programs that

remain even when the system is turned off. Firmware is easier

to change than hardware but more permanent than software

stored on disk.

host • A computer that uses a modem or a similar device to answer a

calling computer.

• A source or destination in the communication network.

• A computer that contains data or files to be accessed by client

computers. Also known as a server.

IS Interim Standard—After receiving industry consensus, the TIA

forwards the standard to ANSI for approval.

IS-95 The standard for CDMA.

Kbps Kilobits per second—Actually 1000, not 1024, as used in

computer memory size measurements of kilobytes.

LAN Local Area Network

LED Light Emitting Diode—A semiconductor diode that emits

visible or infrared light.

MEID Mobile Equipment Identifier—The unique second-generation

serial number assigned to the AirCard ExpressCard for cellular

network use. Compare to ESN.

MHz Mega-Hertz—One million cycles per second.

Mbps Megabits per second

packet A short fixed-length block of data, including a header, that is

transmitted as a unit in a communications network.

PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association—

The organization that standardizes ExpressCards and PC Cards.

PCS Personal Communications Services—A cellular communication

infrastructure that uses a different frequency range than AMPS.

roaming A cellular subscriber is in an area where service is obtained

from a cellular service provider that is not the subscriber’s

provider.

SMS Short message services—A feature that allows users of a

wireless device on a wireless network to receive or transmit

short electronic alphanumeric messages (up to 160 characters,

depending on the service provider).

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