Mobile (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Mobile often refers to:
Mobile may also refer to:
- Mobile phoneMobile phoneA mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
, a portable communications device - Mobile, AlabamaMobile, AlabamaMobile is the third most populous city in the Southern US state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 during the 2010 census. It is the largest...
, a U.S. port city - Mobile (sculpture)Mobile (sculpture)A mobile is a type of kinetic sculpture constructed to take advantage of the principle of equilibrium. It consists of a number of rods, from which weighted objects or further rods hang. The objects hanging from the rods balance each other, so that the rods remain more or less horizontal...
, a hanging artwork (or toy) - MobilityMotilityMotility is a biological term which refers to the ability to move spontaneously and actively, consuming energy in the process. Most animals are motile but the term applies to single-celled and simple multicellular organisms, as well as to some mechanisms of fluid flow in multicellular organs, in...
, the ability to move or be moved
Mobile may also refer to:
Technology
- Mobile computingMobile computingMobile computing is a form of human–computer interaction by which a computer is expected to be transported during normal usage. Mobile computing has three aspects: mobile communication, mobile hardware, and mobile software...
, a generic term describing one's ability to use technology in mobile environments - Mobile device, a computer designed for mobile computing
- Mobile gameMobile gameA mobile game is a video game played on a mobile phone, smartphone, PDA, tablet computer or portable media player. This does not include games played on handheld video game systems such as Nintendo DS or PlayStation Portable....
, a video game played on a mobile phone, smartphone, PDA or handheld computer - Mobile MagazineMobile MagazineMobile Magazine is an online publication which started in December of 2000. Mobile Magazine covers mobile technology, including notebook computers, mobile phones, personal digital assistants, MP3 players, digital cameras, mobile gaming, and other portable electronics and computing devices as well...
, a publication on portable electronics
- Mobile network operatorMobile network operatorA mobile network operator , also known as mobile phone operator , carrier service provider , wireless service provider, wireless carrier, or cellular company, or mobile network carrier is a telephone company that provides services for mobile phone subscribers.One essential...
, a company which provides mobile phone network access and services - Mobile radioMobile RadioThis article is about professional equipment. For mobile radios used in amateur radio, see amateur radio mobile operation. Mobile radio or mobiles refer to wireless communications systems and devices which are based on radio frequencies, and where the path of communications is movable on either...
, wireless communications systems and devices which are based on radio frequencies - Mobile rig
- Mobile stationMobile StationThe mobile station comprises all user equipment and software needed for communication with a mobile network.The mobile station refers to global system connected to the mobile network, i.e. mobile phone or mobile computer connected using a mobile broadband adapter. This is the terminology of 2G...
, user equipment and software needed for communication with a wireless telephone network - Mobile WebMobile WebThe Mobile Web refers to the use of Internet-connected applications, or browser-based access to the Internet from a mobile device, such as a smartphone or tablet computer, connected to a wireless network....
, the World Wide Web as accessed from mobile devices using Mobile Web Browser - Mobile TVMobile TVMobile television usually means television watched on a small handheld device. It may be a pay TV service broadcast on mobile phone networks or received free-to-air via terrestrial television stations from either regular broadcast or a special mobile TV transmission format...
, TV services viewed via a mobile device.
Places
- Relating to Mobile, AlabamaMobile, AlabamaMobile is the third most populous city in the Southern US state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 during the 2010 census. It is the largest...
:- Battle of Mobile (1781)Battle of Mobile (1781)The Battle of Mobile was a British attempt to recapture the town of Mobile, in the British province of West Florida, from the Spanish during the American War of Independence. The Spanish had previously captured Mobile in March 1780...
- History of Mobile, AlabamaHistory of Mobile, AlabamaMobile was founded as the capital of colonial French Louisiana in 1702 and remained a part of New France for over 60 years. During 1720, when France warred with Spain, Mobile was on the battlefront, so the capital moved west to Biloxi. In 1763, Britain took control of the colony following their...
- Mobile, Alabama in the American Civil War
- Port of MobilePort of MobileThe Port of Mobile, located in Mobile, Alabama, United States, is the only deep-water port in the state, and was the 9th largest by tonnage in the nation in 2008. It is located along the Mobile River where it empties into Mobile Bay...
- Battle of Mobile (1781)
- Relating to Mobile County, AlabamaMobile County, AlabamaMobile County[p] is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of a tribe of Indians, the Maubila tribe . As of 2011, its population was 415,704. Its county seat is Mobile, Alabama...
:- Battle of Mobile BayBattle of Mobile BayThe Battle of Mobile Bay of August 5, 1864, was an engagement of the American Civil War in which a Federal fleet commanded by Rear Adm. David G. Farragut, assisted by a contingent of soldiers, attacked a smaller Confederate fleet led by Adm...
- Mobile BayMobile BayMobile Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, lying within the state of Alabama in the United States. Its mouth is formed by the Fort Morgan Peninsula on the eastern side and Dauphin Island, a barrier island on the western side. The Mobile River and Tensaw River empty into the northern end of the...
- Mobile RiverMobile RiverThe Mobile River is located in southern Alabama in the United States. Formed out of the confluence of the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers, the approximately river drains an area of of Alabama, with a watershed extending into Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. Its drainage basin is the...
- University of MobileUniversity of MobileThe University of Mobile is an American four-year, private, Baptist-affiliated university in Mobile, Alabama. The master's-level university has an enrollment of 1,577.-History:...
, a private university located in Mobile County, Alabama
- Battle of Mobile Bay
- Mobile, ArizonaMobile, ArizonaMobile is a community in Goodyear, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. It is situated about 35 miles southwest of Phoenix, Arizona, and has a population of less than 100. Mobile is also home to a number of solid-waste landfills. Lufthansa operates a private airport to the north of Mobile, used...
, a small town near Phoenix, U.S. - Mobile, CaliforniaMobile, CaliforniaMobile is a former settlement in Imperial County, California. It was located west of El Centro.A post office operated at Mobile from 1910 to 1912.-References:...
- Mobile, Newfoundland and LabradorMobile, Newfoundland and LabradorMobile is a community of 290 on the Avalon Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.-External links:*...
, Canada
Entertainment
- Mobile (TV series)Mobile (TV series)Mobile is a 3-part British television drama series with an interweaving plot based around a fictional mobile phone operator and the adverse-effect of mobile phone radiation to health. The series was screened by ITV in the UK, during March 2007. The cast includes Jamie Draven, Neil Fitzmaurice,...
, a British ITV drama - Mobile (band)Mobile (band)Mobile were a Canadian Alternative Rock band from Montreal initially composed of Mathieu Joly , Christian Brais , Pierre-Marc Hamelin , Dominic Viola and Frank Williamson . Their debut album, Tomorrow Starts Today, was released in 2006. The band was nominated for two Juno Awards in 2007 and went...
, a Canadian rock band - Mobiles (band), a 1980s synth pop band
- "Mobile (song)", a song by Avril Lavigne from her album Let GoLet Go (Avril Lavigne album)Let Go is the debut album by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne, released on June 4, 2002. For a year after signing a record deal with Arista, Lavigne struggled due to conflicts in musical direction. Lavigne relocated to Los Angeles, California, and recorded there her earlier materials for...
- Mobile (album)Mobile (album)Mobile is the last album from Beaver, and one of the last released on Man's Ruin Records. Thus, it is out of print.-Track listing:# "Private Stash"# "At The Mirror Palace"# "End Of A Rope"# "Circumnavigation"# "Liberator"# "9 Lives"...
, a 1999 album by Brazilian Paulinho Moska - Mob (computer gaming)Mob (computer gaming)A mob, mobile or monster is a computer-controlled non-player character in a computer game such as an MMORPG or MUD. Depending on context, all such characters in a game may be considered "mobs", or usage may be limited to hostile NPCs and/or NPCs vulnerable to attack.-Purpose of mobs:Defeating...
, short for "mobile", a type of non-player character - Mobile (GunBound), constructs in the turn-based Internet game
- Mobile weaponsMobile weaponsIn the Gundam terminology, the terms normal suit and astrosuit are used to refer to normal astronaut spacesuits, so as to avoid confusion with mobile suits....
, fictional weapon systems from the Gundam anime metaseries - "Mobile (short story)", a short story by J. G. Ballard, later renamed "Venus Smiles"
See also
- MabilaMabilaThe town of Mabila was a small fortress town known to Chief Tuskaloosa in 1540, in a region of present-day central Alabama. The exact location has been debated for centuries...
– an Indian tribe which gave its name to Mobile, Mobile Bay and Mobile River - Mavilla (disambiguation) or Mauvilla (disambiguation)
- MobilMobilMobil, previously known as the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, was a major American oil company which merged with Exxon in 1999 to form ExxonMobil. Today Mobil continues as a major brand name within the combined company, as well as still being a gas station sometimes paired with their own store or On...
, a major oil company - MobilivreMobilivreThe MOBILIVRE-BOOKMOBILE project is a community arts initiative founded by the Bookmobile collective, a diverse group of emerging North American artists and community activists. Their mandate is to fuse artistic production with political activism and community organizing...
, a travelling library - Mobile homeMobile homeMobile homes or static caravans are prefabricated homes built in factories, rather than on site, and then taken to the place where they will be occupied...
- Mobile officeMobile officeA mobile office is an office built within a truck, motorhome, trailer or purpose built shipping container. Most common are towable offices built on an axled iron frame for easy relocation. Mobile field offices are often found on construction sites, or at disaster scenes where a temporary office...
- Operation MOBILEOperation MobileOperation Mobile was the name given to Canadian Forces activities in the 2011 military intervention in Libya. The United States' counterpart to this was Operation Odyssey Dawn, the French counterpart was Opération Harmattan and the British counterpart was Operation Ellamy...
, the Canadian name for the military support of UN Resolution 1973.United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, on the situation in Libya, is a measure that was adopted on 17 March 2011. The Security Council resolution was proposed by France, Lebanon, and the United Kingdom....