Dictionary – an explanation of our terminology for your benefit
We try to keep the use of specialist terminology on our homepage to a minimum. Sometimes, however, the use of specialist terms or acronyms is unavoidable. That’s why we’ve compiled a small dictionary of the key terms for your benefit.
Bluetooth
Bluetooth describes a standard for wireless communication between a wide range of differing devices such as computers, modems, mobile telephones and printers. In this way, for example, the mobile...
GPS
A Global Positioning System, also known as a Global Position Determining System, with the acronym GPS, refers to any satellite supported navigation system. In terms of general language use, the term...
LCD
A liquid crystal display (LCD) is either a screen or display in which special liquid crystals which are able to influence the polarisation direction of light are used for the presentation of figures,...
Map Matching
Map Matching refers to a procedure which compares the measured position of an object in a particular location with the information about the location on a digital map. In vehicle navigation systems,...
