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SMS

abbr.
Short Message Service
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

SMS

abbreviation for
(Telecommunications) short message service: a system used for sending text messages to and from mobile phones
n
(Telecommunications) a text message sent using SMS
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
Translations
خِدْمَةُ الرَّسَائِلِ الْقَصِيرَة
SMS
sms
simsenSMS
μήνυμα SMS
SMS
tekstiviesti(järjestelmä)
texto
SMS
SMS
SMS
ショートメッセージサービス
SMS
sms
SMS
krótka wiadomość tekstowa
SMS
служба коротких сообщений (СМС)
sms
SMS
tin nhắn SMS
手机短信息

SMS

N ABBR =Short Message ServiceSMS m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

SMS

[ˌɛsɛmˈɛs] n abbr (=short message system) → SMS m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

SMS

(Telec) abbr of Short Message ServiceSMS
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

SMS

خِدْمَةُ الرَّسَائِلِ الْقَصِيرَة SMS sms SMS μήνυμα SMS SMS tekstiviesti(järjestelmä) texto SMS SMS ショートメッセージサービス SMS sms SMS krótka wiadomość tekstowa SMS служба коротких сообщений (СМС) sms ข้อความสั้นส่งจากโทรศัพท์มือถือเครื่องหนึ่งไปอีกเครื่องหนึ่ง SMS tin nhắn SMS 手机短信息
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