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  2. Text messaging - Wikipedia

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    A text message conversation on an iPhone. Text messaging, or texting, is the act of composing and sending electronic messages, typically consisting of alphabetic and numeric characters, between two or more users of mobile phones, tablet computers, smartwatches, desktops / laptops, or another type of compatible computer.

  3. Text-based user interface - Wikipedia

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    Text-based user interface. Some file managers implement a TUI (here: Midnight Commander) Vim is a very widely used TUI text editor. In computing, text-based user interfaces (TUI) (alternately terminal user interfaces, to reflect a dependence upon the properties of computer terminals and not just text), is a retronym describing a type of user ...

  4. User (computing) - Wikipedia

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    t. e. A user is a person who utilizes a computer or network service. A user often has a user account and is identified to the system by a username (or user name). [a] Some software products provide services to other systems and have no direct end users.

  5. String (computer science) - Wikipedia

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    String (computer science) Strings are typically made up of characters, and are often used to store human-readable data, such as words or sentences. In computer programming, a string is traditionally a sequence of characters, either as a literal constant or as some kind of variable. The latter may allow its elements to be mutated and the length ...

  6. What does NSFW mean? Study reveals text abbreviations ... - AOL

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    Here’s a roundup of the texting abbreviations that confused Floridians the most in this study and a list of what some popular TikTok slang words mean.

  7. User interface - Wikipedia

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    User interfaces are composed of one or more layers, including a human-machine interface (HMI) that typically interfaces machines with physical input hardware (such as keyboards, mice, or game pads) and output hardware (such as computer monitors, speakers, and printers). A device that implements an HMI is called a human interface device (HID).

  8. Cursor (user interface) - Wikipedia

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    The cursor for the Windows Command Prompt (appearing as an underscore at the end of the line). In most command-line interfaces or text editors, the text cursor, also known as a caret, [4] is an underscore, a solid rectangle, or a vertical line, which may be flashing or steady, indicating where text will be placed when entered (the insertion point).

  9. Use case - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In software and systems engineering, the phrase use case is a polyseme with two senses: A usage scenario for a piece of software; often used in the plural to suggest situations where a piece of software may be useful. A potential scenario in which a system receives an external request (such as user input) and responds to it.