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Ubuntu Edge, the Glossary

The Ubuntu Edge was a proposed high-concept smartphone announced by Canonical Ltd. on 22 July 2013.^[1]

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Accelerometer

An accelerometer is a device that measures the proper acceleration of an object.

Active noise control (ANC), also known as noise cancellation (NC), or active noise reduction (ANR), is a method for reducing unwanted sound by the addition of a second sound specifically designed to cancel the first.

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Android (operating system)

Android is a mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open-source software, designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.

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Barometer

A barometer is a scientific instrument that is used to measure air pressure in a certain environment.

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Bloomberg L.P.

Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial, software, data, and media company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Bluetooth

Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology standard that is used for exchanging data between fixed and mobile devices over short distances and building personal area networks (PANs).

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Canonical (company)

Canonical Ltd. is a privately held computer software company based in London, England. Ubuntu Edge and Canonical (company) are Ubuntu.

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Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising money from a large number of people, typically via the internet.

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Eurogamer

Eurogamer is a British video game journalism website launched in 1999 alongside parent company Gamer Network.

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Global Positioning System

The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force.

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GSM

The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is a standard developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to describe the protocols for second-generation (2G) digital cellular networks used by mobile devices such as mobile phones and tablets.

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Gyroscope

A gyroscope (from Ancient Greek γῦρος gŷros, "round" and σκοπέω skopéō, "to look") is a device used for measuring or maintaining orientation and angular velocity.

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High concept

High concept is a type of artistic work that can be easily pitched with a succinctly stated premise.

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IEEE 802.11

IEEE 802.11 is part of the IEEE 802 set of local area network (LAN) technical standards, and specifies the set of medium access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) protocols for implementing wireless local area network (WLAN) computer communication.

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Indiegogo

Indiegogo is an American crowdfunding website founded in 2008 by Danae Ringelmann, Slava Rubin, and Eric Schell. Ubuntu Edge and Indiegogo are Indiegogo projects.

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List of highest-funded crowdfunding projects

This is an incomplete list of the highest-funded crowdfunding projects (including projects which failed to achieve funding).

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Lithium-ion battery

A lithium-ion or Li-ion battery is a type of rechargeable battery that uses the reversible intercalation of Li+ ions into electronically conducting solids to store energy.

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LTE (telecommunication)

In telecommunications, long-term evolution (LTE) is a standard for wireless broadband communication for mobile devices and data terminals, based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA standards.

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Magnetometer

A magnetometer is a device that measures magnetic field or magnetic dipole moment.

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Mobile High-Definition Link

Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL) is an industry standard for a mobile audio/video interface that allows the connection of smartphones, tablets, and other portable consumer electronics devices to high-definition televisions (HDTVs), audio receivers, and projectors.

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Multi-booting

Multi-booting is the act of installing multiple operating systems on a single computer, and being able to choose which one to boot.

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Nanowire battery

A nanowire battery uses nanowires to increase the surface area of one or both of its electrodes, which improves the capacity of the battery.

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Near-field communication

Near-field communication (NFC) is a set of communication protocols that enables communication between two electronic devices over a distance of or less.

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Night photography

Night photography (also called nighttime photography) refers to the activity of capturing images outdoors at night, between dusk and dawn.

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Noise-canceling microphone

A noise-canceling microphone is a microphone that is designed to filter ambient noise.

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Operating system

An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.

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Phone connector (audio)

A phone connector is a family of cylindrically-shaped electrical connectors primarily for analog audio signals.

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Pixel

In digital imaging, a pixel (abbreviated px), pel, or picture element is the smallest addressable element in a raster image, or the smallest addressable element in a dot matrix display device.

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Pixel density

Pixels per inch (ppi) and pixels per centimetre (ppcm or pixels/cm) are measurements of the pixel density of an electronic image device, such as a computer monitor or television display, or image digitizing device such as a camera or image scanner.

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Proximity sensor

A proximity sensor is a sensor able to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact.

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Random-access memory

Random-access memory (RAM) is a form of electronic computer memory that can be read and changed in any order, typically used to store working data and machine code.

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Rechargeable battery

A rechargeable battery, storage battery, or secondary cell (formally a type of energy accumulator), is a type of electrical battery which can be charged, discharged into a load, and recharged many times, as opposed to a disposable or primary battery, which is supplied fully charged and discarded after use.

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Smartphone

A smartphone, often simply called a phone, is a mobile device that combines the functionality of a traditional mobile phone with advanced computing capabilities. Ubuntu Edge and smartphone are smartphones.

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Star Citizen

Star Citizen is an in-development multiplayer, space trading and combat simulation game.

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TechCrunch

TechCrunch is an American global online newspaper focusing on topics regarding high-tech and startup companies.

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The Verge

The Verge is an American technology news website headquartered in Lower Manhattan, New York City and operated by Vox Media.

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Touchscreen

A touchscreen (or touch screen) is a type of display that can detect touch input from a user.

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Ubuntu

Ubuntu is a Linux distribution derived from Debian and composed mostly of free and open-source software.

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Ubuntu Touch

Ubuntu Touch is a mobile version of the Ubuntu operating system, being developed by the UBports community. Ubuntu Edge and Ubuntu Touch are Canonical (company) and Ubuntu.

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USB On-The-Go

USB On-The-Go (USB OTG or just OTG) is a specification first used in late 2001 that allows USB devices, such as tablets or smartphones, to also act as a host, allowing other USB devices, such as USB flash drives, digital cameras, mouse or keyboards, to be attached to them.

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VentureBeat

VentureBeat is an American technology website headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi is a family of wireless network protocols based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by radio waves.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Edge

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