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Text Messaging, or Texting, Is The Act of Composing

Text messaging, or texting, involves sending electronic messages between users of mobile devices or computers, originally through SMS and now including MMS and instant messaging. It serves various purposes such as personal communication, business interactions, and marketing, allowing for quick and asynchronous exchanges. Texting has become a culturally accepted method of communication, especially in situations where phone calls may be inappropriate.

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Text Messaging, or Texting, Is The Act of Composing

Text messaging, or texting, involves sending electronic messages between users of mobile devices or computers, originally through SMS and now including MMS and instant messaging. It serves various purposes such as personal communication, business interactions, and marketing, allowing for quick and asynchronous exchanges. Texting has become a culturally accepted method of communication, especially in situations where phone calls may be inappropriate.

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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
an 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.[1] 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

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