Text messaging

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Text messaging, or texting, is the exchange of brief written text messages between two or more mobile phones or fixed or portable devices over a phone network. While the original term was derived from referring to messages sent using the Short Message Service (SMS) originated from Radio Telegraphy, it has since been extended to include messages containing image, video, and sound content (known as MMS messages). The sender of a text message is known as a texter, while the service itself has different colloquialisms depending on the region: it may simply be referred to as a text in North America, Australia, the Philippines and the United Kingdom, an SMS in most of mainland Europe, and a TMS or SMS in the Middle East and Asia.

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Related: Chat language, Extended Messaging Service, Mobile dial code, Operator messaging, Telegram, Tironian notes

The London Text and MSN Dictionary
The London Text and MSN Dictionary
timwoods.org/.../index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=121&Itemid=174 - Web

The CSCA, the U.S. registry for SMS short codes
The CSCA, the U.S. registry for SMS short codes
www.usshortcodes.com - Web

Stellenbosch University Research Report that inclu...
Stellenbosch University Research Report that includes Text Messaging facts.
scholar.sun.ac.za/.../de%20villiers_case%20study_2010.pdf?sequence=1 - Web

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