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TECH TERM - SMS

Short Message Service - SMS
(or Text Messaging)

Definition: SMS is a feature available with practically all modern mobile phones that allow users to send and receive short text messages.

Basic SMS messages are addressed directly to a mobile phone number. Most U.S. carriers now allow sending to mobile phone numbers of other carriers. Most phones and carriers also support sending SMS from a phone directly to an email address.

Newer variants of SMS include
Long (Concatenated) SMS, and EMS.

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TECH TERM - TEXT MESSAGING

Text Messaging
(or Short Message Service - SMS)

Definition: Allows short text messages to be sent and received on a mobile phone. Messages can be sent from one phone to another by addressing the message to the recipient's phone number.

Messages can also usually be sent to a phone via a special email address, through the carrier's web site, or with special messaging software and a modem.

Most phones and carriers also allow messages to be sent from a phone directly to an e-mail address.