J2ME Acronym Cheat Sheet

Sometimes I think we’ll eventually run out of TLAs (three letter acronyms) in the Java space. Here’s a quick reference for the forgetful..

• ABB (Audio Building Block)
• API (Application Programming Interface)
• BCC (Bluetooth Control Center)
• BPWD (W3C Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group)
• CBS (Cell Broadcast Service)
• CDC (Connect Device Configuration)
• CLDC (Connected, Limited Device Configuration)
• CSS (Cascading Style Shee)
• CSS-MP (Cascading Style Sheet – Mobile Profile)
• DDC (Default Delivery Context)
• GCF (Generic Connection Framework)
• J2ME/JME (Java Micro Edition)
• JTWI (Java Technology for the Wireless Industry)
• JMF (Java Media Framework)
• JSR (Java Specification Request)
• JVM (Java Virtual Machine)
• MMAPI (Mobile Media API)
• OBEX (Object Exchange Protocol)
• OMA (Open Mobile Alliance)
• PAN (Personal Area Network)
• PDA (Personal Digital Assistant)
• PDAP (PDA Profile)
• PIM (Personal Information Management)
• MIDP (Mobile Information Device Profile)
• MMS (Multimedia Message Service)
• SMS (Short Message Service)
• SDD (Service Discovery Database)
• UAP (User Agent Profile)
• WAP (Wireless Application Protocol)
• WCSS (Wireless Cascading Style Sheet)
• WMA (Wireless Messaging API)
• WML (Wireless Markup Languge)
• WTK (The Sun Java Wireless Toolkit/J2ME Wireless Toolkit)
• XHTML-MP (XHTML Mobile Profile)