text messaging
noun
: the sending of short text messages electronically especially from one cell phone to another
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Unlike Google, Apple describes RCS as text messaging and handles it as text messaging on its devices.
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Zak Doffman, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The survey used text messaging to reach voters with a link to complete the survey.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
Timing is everything, and this comes just as the lack of security with general cellular text messaging has been thrust into the headlines yet again, this time by the latest allegations of Chinese hackers running riot across various networks.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
In the last year, Twenty Manor received nearly $33,000 from the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) for text messaging.
—Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 5 Nov. 2024
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Zak Doffman, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The survey used text messaging to reach voters with a link to complete the survey.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
Timing is everything, and this comes just as the lack of security with general cellular text messaging has been thrust into the headlines yet again, this time by the latest allegations of Chinese hackers running riot across various networks.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
In the last year, Twenty Manor received nearly $33,000 from the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) for text messaging.
—Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Text messaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/text%20messaging. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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