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SMS

abbreviation for

  1. 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.


SMS

abbreviation for

  1. short message service: a system used for sending text messages to and from mobile phones
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a text message sent using SMS
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to send a text message using SMS (to)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

The lack of encryption in SMS messages also renders them susceptible to interception by hackers, further undermining the security of this 2FA method.

From Salon

Text messaging, or SMS, has long been a phishing staple.

From Salon

Sapo said the data breach in summer last year involved SMS messages calling for "revenge against Quran-burners", after several anti-Islam activists set fire to copies of the Islamic holy book.

From BBC

Ahead of the Israeli strikes, residents across Lebanon reported receiving phone calls on landlines and SMS messages with warnings from the Israeli military to stay away from buildings or areas where Hezbollah was hiding or deploying weapons.

I had no social media at all, and the phone can not receive anything more advanced than SMS messages.

From BBC

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