WAN - Wireless access network or wide area network

Sharp Zaurus - A line of PDAs manufactured by Sharp Electronics.

PDA - personal digital assistant. A generic term which could apply to Pocket PCs with Windows CE or Palm OS devices.

Plucker - A free offline Web and eBook viewer for Palm OS handheld devices.

Handheld - Used in two ways: 1) Any computing device that is small enough to fit in the user's hand, including palm-sized PCs, PDAs, Smartphones, smart pagers, and larger mini-laptops, and 2) used to refer to Handheld PCs specifically, which are larger than palm-sized PCs and use Windowsr CE.

Wi-Fi - Wireless Fidelity

IT - Information technology

802.11a - Newer version of 802.11b that allows devices to exchange information at up to 54 mbs.

Cradle - The device in which a handheld or Palm OSr handheld is placed to synchronize data with a desktop computer. The cradle connects to the desktop via a serial cable.

E-book - A book in electronic format that can be downloaded and read on a computer, PDA or phone.

E-text - Text in electronic format which can be read from a handheld computer

EXE - A Microsoft Windows file extension used for applications that are "executable," and immediately launch a program when opened.

WAN - Wireless access network or wide area network

WML - Wireless Markup Language