SMS

Digital Technology.
1. short message service: a system for sending short text messages, as from one cell phone to another or from a computer to a cell phone.Compare EMS(def 2).
2. a message sent by SMS; a text message.
Synchronous Meteorological Satellite.

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Examples from the Web for sms

Contemporary Examples of sms

Perhaps traditional mail will be revived, replacing e-mail, chats, and SMS.
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Anna Nemtsova
April 27, 2014
In Egypt, for example, independent initiative Harassmap uses online and SMS reporting combined with a mapping system.
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Tessa Miller
April 2, 2014
GoogleVoice: [I use] GoogleVoice for SMS because I love having texts show up in my inbox and loathe unexpected phone calls.
Alexis Ohanian, Co-Founder of Reddit, Shares His Home Screen’s Apps
Alexis Ohanian
March 21, 2014
Their combined messages have climbed to nearly the rate of the number of SMS texts sent daily.
Thank Ukraine's Spies for WhatsApp
Nina Strochlic
February 21, 2014
I asked my best phone experts where my SMS messages go to die, and if they ever do.
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December 2, 2009

British Dictionary definitions for sms

SMS

abbreviation for

short message service: a system used for sending text messages to and from mobile phones

noun

a text message sent using SMS

verb SMSs, SMSing or SMSed

to send a text message using SMS (to)

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