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Text messaging

Text messaging, or texting, is the act of composing and sending electronic messages, typically consisting of alphabetic and numeric characters, between two or more users of mobile phones, tablet computers, smartwatches, desktops/laptops, or another type of compatible computer. Text messages may be sent over a cellular network or may also be sent via…

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Text messaging

Nodes217
Edges216
Triples429
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009217
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related to Further reading · 64
Text messaging → Abdu, Academic Writing, Adults, Ajmal, Al-Kadi, British Journal, Carrier, Chang, Cheever, Cingel, Clare, Communication Research, Competitive Social Sciences Research, Contemporary Educational Research, Cross-Sectional Study, December, Developmental Psychology, Drew, English, Erwin
related to Records and competition · 34
Text messaging → Alternative Records, Andrew Acklin, Chris Young, Craig Crosbie, Dunedin, Elliot Nicholls, Fred Lindgren, Guinness, He, His, In, Italian, Kristiansen, May, New Zealand, Norway, Not, November, Ohio, Oregon
related to In politics · 33
Text messaging → Adrian Năstase, Also, American, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Democratic, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, During, Estrada, Felipe Calderón, In, In January, January, Joseph Estrada, Manila, Marcos, Mexico's, More, On, People, People Power
related to Effect on language · 27
Text messaging → Because, Children, Chinese, Cyrillic, Eatoni's LetterWise, For, Greek, Highly, Historically, HMU, However, In, In Mandarin Chinese, In November, Internet, Latin, New Zealand Qualifications Authority, Polish, Predictive, QWERTY
related to Social unrest · 23
Text messaging → Australia, Cronulla, Cronulla Beach, Daily Telegraph, Following, In Hong Kong, Internet, Iranian, January, Melbourne, Myspace, Narre Warren, Not, NSW, Officials, Police Commissioner, Retaliatory, SMS, Sutherland Shire Mayor, Sydney
related to Law and crime · 21
Text messaging → AES, Australian, Boston, British, For, Fortress SMS, In, Malaysia, Malaysian, Netherlands, One, Police, Several, SMS, SMS Alerts, Swedish, Text, The, The Boston Police Department, Tilburg
related to Pricing concerns · 20
Text messaging → Although, As, AT, Concerns, Gartner, Germany, Given, Hollywood, In, July, Mobility, On, Senate, Sherman Antitrust Act, SMS, The, This, United States, With, World
related to New Zealand · 19
Text messaging → August, Bellsouth New Zealand, CallMe, Chorus Ltd, In, July, Mobile Ltd, MVNOs, New Zealand, One NZ, SafeTXT, Spark, Spark NZ, Telecom NZ, Text, There, TXT, Vodafone, Vodafone NZ
related to Uses · 19
Text messaging → Africa, American, As, Asia, Asians, Australia, China, Europe, Flash SMS, In, It, Japan, New Zealand, Popularity, SMS, Some, Text, Texting, United States
related to In workplaces · 15
Text messaging → As, December, Electronic Communications, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, FINRA, In Regulatory Notice, Industry, One, Penn State, Regulatory Notice, Several, SMS, Some, Supervision, The

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text messages sms messaging mobile texting used use also sent phone message service services users short using send one per

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Text messagingis amuch easier0.90text
SMTP over TCP/IPinstance ofalso typically use standard mail protocols0.80text
Finlandinstance ofIn countries0.80text
Swedeninstance ofIn countries0.80text
and Norwayinstance ofIn countries0.80text
over 85instance ofIn countries0.80text
SMS can also be used for the remote control of home appliancesinstance ofSome text messages0.80text
an emergencyinstance ofIt can be useful in cases0.80text
Facebook Messenger/WhatsAppinstance ofServices0.80text
Signalinstance ofServices0.80text
SMSinstance ofand real-time messaging0.80text
instant messaginginstance ofand real-time messaging0.80text

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