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text messaging
noun
: the sending of short text messages electronically especially from one cell phone to another
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Everyone must also be in an RCS chat, not plain old text messaging.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 30 May 2024
Investigators found Westfall befriended several female inmates and used the jail’s text messaging system and phone calls to communicate with the women, according to a criminal citation.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 15 May 2024
The Justice Department says Apple limits choices with apps, text messaging, the ability to tap phones to buy lunch and options for seamlessly using a Garmin or Samsung smartwatch with an iPhone.
Apple has previously said limitations like those protect your security and privacy.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
Thursday’s suit claims Apple has illegally monopolized smartphone markets by using a complex web of contractual terms that harm everything from text messaging to mobile payments.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1982, in the meaning defined above
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“Text messaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/text%20messaging. Accessed 13 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
text messaging
noun
text mes·sag·ing
-ˈmes-i-jiŋ
: the sending of text messages electronically especially from one cell phone to another
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