SIM card

[sim]

noun

Subscriber Identity/Identification Module: a removable card inside a cell phone that stores data unique to the user, as an identification number, passwords, phone numbers, and messages.

Origin of SIM card

First recorded in 1990–95

Also called SIM

sim.

similar.

simile.

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Examples from the Web for sim

Contemporary Examples of sim

Revolutionaries need to stay connected, and they come to Balian for SIM cards and USB Internet sticks.
Hostility to Syrian Refugees Rising Along Turkey’s Border
Mike Giglio
August 30, 2012
Balian then pages through a six-inch stack of the passport scans he takes to issue his SIM cards.
Hostility to Syrian Refugees Rising Along Turkey’s Border
Mike Giglio
August 30, 2012
There were no SIM cards, so that they could not be triggered by a phone call.
Al Qaeda's Doomsday Plan
Clive Irving
November 2, 2010
CNN reported this morning that some demonstrators were being told to remove the SIM cards in their phones to avoid being tracked.
Marked for Death by Twitter
Eric Pape
June 20, 2009

Historical Examples of sim

All was as merry as a marriage bell, and might have continued so but for that puppy Sim.
A Woman Tenderfoot
Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
This was afore he got married, Sim; his wife's tamed him a little.
The Depot Master
Joseph C. Lincoln
Sim Phinney grinned at Mr. Rowe, who was very much embarrassed.
The Depot Master
Joseph C. Lincoln
Sim had stooped to pick up the quarter the Prince of Wales had hove at him.
The Depot Master
Joseph C. Lincoln
"You don't look merry as a Christmas tree, Sim," he observed.
The Depot Master
Joseph C. Lincoln

British Dictionary definitions for sim

sim

noun

a computer game which simulates an activity such as playing a sport or flying an aircraft

SIM Card

n acronym for

subscriber identity module card; a small card used in a mobile phone to store data about the network, telephone number, etc

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