SIM card

[ sim ]

noun

1. Subscriber Identity/Identification Module: a removable card inside a cell phone that stores data unique to the user, as an identification number, passwords, phone numbers, and messages.

SIM Card

acronym for

1. subscriber identity module card; a small card used in a mobile phone to store data about the network, telephone number, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of SIM card¹

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

New checks on his phone had found it was indeed used to make the call - but using a different SIM card, which my number was on.

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This is when someone fraudulently gets a mobile phone carrier to apply an existing telephone number to a new Sim card.

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Using an anonymous device, perhaps a smartphone only identifiable by its sim card, the team build a picture of the target.

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When details of the bill were reported in the press several months later in November 2023, Mr Matheson blamed the bill on an out of date sim card and insisted the device had been used exclusively for constituency work.

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When details of the bill were first reported in November 2023, Mr Matheson blamed the bill on an out of date sim card and insisted the device had been used exclusively for constituency work.

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