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Business card A contact card in the SMS application in a business card format that you can
send as an SMS to other communicators
Call (verb) to ‘CALL,’ not to ‘Telephone,’ ‘Phone’ or ‘Ring’
Cancel ‘Cancel’ vs. ‘Interrupt’: ‘Cancel’ totally cancels the operation that you have
started and returns to the state that existed before you started; ‘Interrupt’
interrupts, for example, a backup that you have started, but it will save the
backup made so far
Change ‘CHANGE’ not ‘Alter’
Clear ‘CLEAR’ not ‘Erase’; ‘Clear’ vs. ‘Delete’ vs. ‘Remove’: ‘CLEAR’ deletes, for example,
one letter at a time or items from a list; ‘DELETE’ deletes a whole file/folder or
an action for good; ‘REMOVED’ items can be replaced somehow, for example, by
reinstallation
Contact card A file, a ‘card’ in the Contacts application: contains name, addresses, phone
numbers, etc.
Contact group A group of contact cards which functions as a distribution list for sending SMS
and Mail
Contacts database A database containing contact cards in a Memory card
Continue ‘CONTINUE’ not ‘‘Go on’’
Copy ‘Copy’ vs. ‘Duplicate’: ‘Duplicate’ makes a copy of an item, as is, to the same
place as the original; ‘Copy’ copies an item in the same place (folder) but with a
different name
Default ‘DEFAULT’ not ‘Preferred’ or ‘Standard’
Delete See ‘‘Clear’’
Details ‘Details’ vs. ‘Options’ vs. ‘Settings’: ‘Details’ (calendar entry details) are the
settings of a fairly small feature; ‘Options’ (send options of an SMS) are the
temporary options of one feature that change the settings for only one
operation; ‘Settings’ are the permanent options of a larger functionality, for
example SMS, Fax or Telephone
Disconnect In data calls ‘HANG UP’; in voice calls ‘END CALL’; in PC connectivity
‘DISCONNECT’
Display (noun) ‘Display’ and ‘Screen’ both usable; ‘Screen’ preferred
Display (verb) ‘DISPLAY’ not ‘Show’; ‘Display’ vs. ‘View’: the device ‘displays,’ the user ‘views’;
use ‘View’ as a button text, but ‘‘Not enough memory to display the selected
image’’
Duration ‘Duration’ vs. ‘Length’: ‘Duration’ in seconds/minutes; ‘Length’ in metres
Edit ‘EDIT’ not ‘Modify’
End call In data calls use ‘HANG UP’; in voice calls ‘END CALL‘; in PC connectivity
‘DISCONNECT’
Enter ‘ENTER’ not ‘Write’: ‘‘Enter folder name’’
Failed ‘FAILED’ not ‘‘Not succeeded’’
Fetch WWW: text of the button for fetching a URL
Find/Search ‘FIND,’ not ‘Search’
Forward/Back WWW browser: ‘FORWARD’ not ‘Next,’ ‘BACK’ not ‘Previous’
Go WWW
Hang up In data calls use ‘HANG UP’; in voice calls ‘END CALL’; in PC connectivity
‘DISCONNECT’
Image ‘IMAGE’ not ‘Picture’ or ‘Photo,’ of JPEG or UPF images
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