User's Manual

TERMS
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Terms
Alt (alternative)
A keyboard key. Enter a letter on the
keyboard, and then press Alt to access
variations such as international characters
and symbols.
Applications View
The screen on your Palm
®
Treo
™
680 smart
device from which you can open all
applications.
Auto-off interval
The time of inactivity that passes before
the screen on your Treo 680 turns off. The
wireless features on your Treo 680 are
unaffected by this setting.
Beam
The process of sending or receiving an
entry or application using the infrared (IR)
port on your Treo.
Bluetooth
®
wireless technology
Technology that enables devices such as
Treo 680s, mobile phones, and computers
to connect wirelessly to each other so that
they can exchange information over short
distances. For more info, visit
www.bluetooth.com
.
CSD (circuit-switched data)
A dial-up Internet connection. You pay for
the connection time, not how much
information you transfer. Contrast with
GPRS.
Device name
The name associated with your Treo 680
and with the info in your desktop software.
The device name (sometimes called the
username) distinguishes your Treo 680
from all other Palm OS
®
devices. When you
first synchronize your Treo 680, you are
asked to give it a device name. This name
appears in the User list in Palm Desktop
software. Every Palm OS device that is
synchronized with the same computer
must have a unique device name.
Dialog box
A set of options and command buttons that
is enclosed by a border and that enables
you to carry out a specific task.