Knowra Text messaging Text messaging Text messaging is the exchange of written messages between people through mobile phones or other electronic devices. It includes SMS and internet-based messaging.
Short Message Service : A mobile-phone service that sends short text messages through cellular networks. SMS carries texts through the mobile network without requiring an internet connection.
SMS : A standardized service for exchanging short text messages over mobile networks. SMS began as a network service and became the defining form of mobile texting.
Two-factor authentication : An authentication method that requires two distinct forms of evidence to verify identity. Services often send one-time codes by text, despite security limitations.
Email : A system for exchanging digital messages over computer networks, commonly organized into inboxes and folders. Email favors longer, asynchronous correspondence rather than short phone-centered exchanges.
Multimedia Messaging Service : A mobile messaging standard for sending messages containing images, audio, video, or longer text. MMS extends carrier messaging beyond SMS’s short, text-only format.
Neil Papworth : A British software engineer who sent the first SMS message in 1992. Papworth sent the first SMS, a seasonal greeting, from a computer to a mobile phone.
Emergency alert system : A system for distributing urgent warnings to people in a defined area or population. Cell broadcast and text alerts can deliver time-sensitive public warnings to phones.
Voice call : A live conversation transmitted as audio between people using phones or other devices. Calls convey speech and vocal cues that written texts do not.
Rich Communication Services : A carrier messaging protocol that supports features such as read receipts, typing indicators, and media sharing. RCS adds internet-like features to the phone’s native messaging service.
Nokia 1011 : A GSM mobile phone introduced in 1992, among the first mass-produced phones of its kind. Early GSM handsets helped make mobile text messaging practical for consumers.
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