Term or abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
API; Application Programming Interface | Programming interface that supports the process of developing application +programs used to access various services. |
CSS; Cascading Style Sheets | Style sheet mechanism that allows authors and readers to attach style +to HTML and XHTML documents and XML applications. |
Factory method | A method whose main purpose is creation of objects. |
HTML; Hypertext Markup Language | Subset of Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) used on the Web. +HTML defines the page layout of a Web page. |
JavaScript | Scripting language used in Web pages to provide dynamic content and +enhance the appearance of plain HTML. |
Media Gallery | The S60 repository for media files. |
Runtime | Execution environment that runs applications or widgets. |
S60 | A software platform for mobile phones that uses the Symbian OS. |
Service API | A set of language-independent APIs provided by the S60 platform and +supported by the S60 runtimes (including WRT, Flash, and Open C). The APIs +are used to access specific information and functionality related to platform +applications and device data. |
Widget | Lightweight Web application developed by using the same standards-based +Web technologies that are used to create Web pages: XHTML, Cascading Style +Sheets (CSS), and JavaScript. |
WRT; Web Runtime | An extension to the capabilities of the Web Browser for +S60 to support widgets. |
XHTML; Extensible Hypertext Markup Language | Markup language that consists of HTML elements combined with the syntax +of XML. |
XML; Extensible Markup Language | Subset of Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) that describes +a class of data objects called XML documents and partially describes the behavior +of the computer programs that process them. |