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

Palm OSr - The operating system used on PalmT handhelds and other third-party devices, including Sony, Handspring, Kyocera and more.

PalmSource - A spinoff of Palm, Inc., PalmSource is the company that develops and licenses the Palm OS.

RAM - Random access memory. Temporary storage for computer files.