| A-GPS | Assisted global positioning system, a system which help GPS to determine location. |
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| A/F | Autofocus. |
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| A2DP/AVRCP | These are technical settings used to connect Bluetooth devices, mostly used for audio. |
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| AAC | Advanced Audio Coding. This is a method for compressing digital audio files similar to the MP3, but is able to deal with a wider and more extreme range of sound. |
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| AAC+ | This is a highly efficient first version extension of ACC. |
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| AGPS | Assisted global positioning system, a system which help GPS to determine location. |
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| AMR NB | This is a specification used to optimize the transmission of speech sounds. |
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| ActiveSync | A synchronization program designed for Windows Mobile and other pocket versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system. |
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| Adobe PDF | Adobe's Protable Document Format is a popular format which ensures that a document transferred between workstations maintains its original formatting. |
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| Always on | Some older internet services require you to 'dial-up' to connect. An 'always on' connection keeps the user connected permanently, as with a broadband connection. This is a feature of some mobile networks (such as GPRS). |
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| Audio jack | The connection port used to connect audio devices (e.g. headphones) to a device. |
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| Auto focus | This is where a camera automatically focus on the item that the lens is pointed at for a picture. |
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