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- Texting (sometimes called "text messaging" or "wireless messaging") is sending short text messages between cell phones, pagers or other handheld devices. Messages are sent through SMS (short message service). Users can also send text messages from a computer to a handheld device. Web texting, as it's called, is made possible by Web sites called SMS gateways.

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23 Jul 2007

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-	We maintain a list of common chat abbreviations used in text messaging.
-	Wikipedia explains concepts behind texting language.
-	HowStuffWorks explains SMS.

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