The service is referred to by different colloquialismsdepending on the region. It may simply be referred to as a "text" in North America, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines, an "SMS" in

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The electrical telegraph systems, developed in the early 19th century, used simple electrical signals to send text messages. In the late 19th century, the wireless telegraphywas

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Text messaging is most often used between private mobile phone users, as a substitute for voice calls in situations where voice

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The advent of text messaging made possible new forms of interaction that were not possible before. A person may now carry out a conversation with another user without the constraint of

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Spam
In 2002, an increasing trend towards spammingmobile phone users through SMS prompted cellular-service carriers to take steps against the practice, before it became a widespread problem. No major spamming incidents

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Records and competition
The Guinness Book of World Recordshas a world record for text messaging, currently held by Sonja

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Microblogging
Of many texting trends, a system known as microblogging has surfaced, which consists of a miniaturized blog, inspired mainly by people's

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