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Wiktionary

  1. textingnoun

    the use of a mobile phone to send text messages via SMS

  2. Etymology: derived from text messaging

Wikipedia

  1. Texting

    Text messaging, or texting, is the act of composing and sending electronic messages, typically consisting of alphabetic and numeric characters, between two or more users of mobile devices, desktops/laptops, or another type of compatible computer. Text messages may be sent over a cellular network, or may also be sent via satellite or Internet connection. The term originally referred to messages sent using the Short Message Service (SMS). It has grown beyond alphanumeric text to include multimedia messages using the Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) containing digital images, videos, and sound content, as well as ideograms known as emoji (happy faces, sad faces, and other icons), and instant messenger applications (usually the term is used when on mobile devices). Text messages are used for personal, family, business and social purposes. Governmental and non-governmental organizations use text messaging for communication between colleagues. In the 2010s, the sending of short informal messages became an accepted part of many cultures, as happened earlier with emailing. This makes texting a quick and easy way to communicate with friends, family and colleagues, including in contexts where a call would be impolite or inappropriate (e.g., calling very late at night or when one knows the other person is busy with family or work activities). Like e-mail and voicemail and unlike calls (in which the caller hopes to speak directly with the recipient), texting does not require the caller and recipient to both be free at the same moment; this permits communication even between busy individuals. Text messages can also be used to interact with automated systems, for example, to order products or services from e-commerce websites, or to participate in online contests. Advertisers and service providers use direct text marketing to send messages to mobile users about promotions, payment due dates, and other notifications instead of using postal mail, email, or voicemail.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of texting in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of texting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of texting in a Sentence

  1. Sam Ansell:

    It says a lot about the difficulty in enforcing Indiana's anti-texting law, it's impossible to know, by watching a driver operating a cellphone, which of the hundreds of things you can do with a cellphone he's doing.

  2. Indianapolis Colts:

    I was texting with some of the guys yesterday and every one of their text messages, their first one was about winning. That’s really unique.

  3. Leslie Phillips:

    Friday night, one of his friends was posting videos of Tristan laughing at everybody who was calling and texting, and they were just kind of making fun of it all.

  4. Andy Kim:

    I literally started with people that I knew out in Afghanistan, calling, texting, emailing, some of them we're able to get out, and those are some of the good news stories that help kind of propel us to keep pushing.

  5. Elizabeth Yang:

    We went from celebrating – I have pictures of me with my family, happy, having dinner – and then that night, we’re texting, ‘Are you guys okay? Did you hear about this?,’.

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