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2. Text messaging - Wikipedia

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   Text messaging. A text message using SMS – the 160 character limit and difficulty of typing on feature phone keypads led to the abbreviations of "SMS language". The word "lol" sent via iMessage. Text messaging, or texting, is the act of composing and sending electronic messages, typically consisting of alphabetic and numeric characters ...

3. SMS - Wikipedia

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   An SMS message written on a Motorola Razr V3. E.161, a common mobile keypad alphabet layout. Short Message/Messaging Service, commonly abbreviated as SMS, is a text messaging service component of most telephone, Internet and mobile device systems. It uses standardized communication protocols that let mobile devices exchange short text messages.

4. SMS spoofing - Wikipedia

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   SMS spoofing. SMS spoofing is a technology which uses the short message service (SMS), available on most mobile phones and personal digital assistants, to set who the message appears to come from by replacing the originating mobile number (Sender ID) with alphanumeric text. Spoofing has both legitimate uses (setting the company name from which ...

5. Concatenated SMS - Wikipedia

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   Concatenated SMS. In the cellular phone industry, mobile phones and their networks sometimes support concatenated short message service (or concatenated SMS) to overcome the limitation on the number of characters that can be sent in a single SMS text message transmission (which is usually 160). Using this method, long messages are split into ...

6. Instant messaging - Wikipedia

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   SMS was a much more dominant form of communication before smartphones became widely used globally. While SMS relied on traditional paid telephone services, instant messaging apps on mobiles were available for free or a minor data charge. In 2012 SMS volume peaked, and in 2013 chat apps surpassed SMS in global message volume.

7. Short Message Service technical realisation (GSM) - Wikipedia

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   The Short Message protocol itself is defined by 3GPP TS 23.040 for the Short Message Service - Point to Point (SMS-PP), and 3GPP TS 23.041 for the Cell Broadcast Service (CBS). Four MAP procedures are defined for the control of the Short Message Service: Mobile Originated (MO) short message service transfer;

8. Short code - Wikipedia

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   Short code. Short codes, or short numbers, are short digit-sequences - significantly shorter than telephone numbers - that are used to address messages in the Multimedia Messaging System (MMS) and short message service (SMS) systems of mobile network operators. [1] In addition to messaging, they may be used in abbreviated dialing .

9. Messages (Apple) - Wikipedia

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   t. e. Messages (formerly Text) is a text messaging software application developed by Apple Inc. for its macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and visionOS operating systems . The mobile version of Messages on iOS used on iPhone and iPad also supports SMS and MMS and was known as Text prior to iPhone OS 3. Users can tell the difference between a message ...