What is SMS?

What is SMS?

SMS stands for Short Messaging Service. A protocol used in communications that gives way to the exchange of short text messages from one cell phone to another. SMS or text messaging largely dominates today's means of communication since seventy-four percent of all cell phone users send and receive text messages nowadays.
The technology behind SMS has paved the way for the rapid growth of improvement of text messaging. The next most common means to send SMS nowadays, second to phone to phone texting, is through the use of SMS software. Majority of SMS softwares have the advantage of sending a single text messages to a specific number of recipients of a group which is also known as group messaging. One can even set a fixed schedule of when he or she would want the message to be sent. An SMS alert can even be sent as a result of set conditions. This automated system proves to be one of the biggest advantages in using the SMSS system. The use of SMS as an effective means of personal communication has expanded the market of text messaging. Businesses, government offices, and even television shows now use this service since SMS is the quickest way to get a message through from one entity to another.

SMS Shortcuts (just for fun)

There are a couple of risks to keep in mind with SMS shortcuts.The first risk is that the receiver won't understand what you are saying. Stick to the shortcuts that make sense to you and you should be fine.The second risk involves using SMS shortcuts outside of SMS or in conversation with business associates. "Normal" people sometimes find SMS shortcuts to be unprofessional.

These are some of the more common SMS shortcuts:

2D To Delete
2G4Y Too Good For You
4E Forever
4YEO For Your Eyes Only
IOU1 I Owe You 1
AAK Asleep At Keyboard
AFAIK As Far As I Know
AFK Away From Keyboard
ASAP As Soon As Possible
ATW At The Weekend
AWHFY Are We Having Fun Yet?
AYOR At Your Own Risk
BB4E Bye Bye Forever
BBB Bye Bye Baby
BBFN Bye Bye For Now
BBL Be Back Later
BBN Bye Bye Now
BBS Be Back Soon
BF Boy-Friend
BG Big Grin
BH Blockhead
BION Believe It Or Not
BRB Be Right Back
BTW By The Way
BWL Bursting With Laughter
CB Ciao Bella
CM Call Me
CMM Changed My Mind
CU See You
CUL See You Later
CUSOON See You Soon
CUT See You Tomorrow
DAK Dead At Keyboard
DK Don't Know
DLTBBB Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite
DTRT Do The Right Thing
DWBH Don't Worry Be Happy
DYSWIS Do You See What I See
E2EG Ear To Ear Grin
EMSG Email Message
EOD End of Discussion
F2F Face To Face
FUD Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt
FWIW For What It's Worth
FYA For Your Amusement
FYE For Your Entertainment
FYI For Your Information
GA Go Ahead
GAL Get A Life
GF Girl-Friend
GFN Gone For Now
GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
GTSY Glad To See You
IAC In Any Case
IC I see
ILU I Love You
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO In My Opinion
IMPOV In My Point Of View
IOW In Other Words
IRL In Real Life
IWALU I Will Always Love You
J2LYK Just To Let You Know
JK Just Kidding
L8R Later
LMHO Laughing My Head Off
LOL Laugh Out Loud
LTM Laughing To Myself
LTNS Long Time No See
LY Love You
LYWAMH Love You With All My Heart
MTF More To Follow
MU Miss You
NC No Comment
NN Nothing New
NP No Problem
O4U Only For You
OIC Oh, I See
OL Old Lady (wife)
OM Old Man (husband)
OOSOOM Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind
OTOH On The Other Hand
OTTOMH Off The Top Of My Head
PC Private Chat
PM Private Message
POAHF Put On A Happy Face
QSL Reply
QSO Conversation
QT Cutie
RL Real Life
ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing
RTFM Read The F***ing Manual
RUOK Are you ok?
SC Stay Cool
SO Significant Other
SWAK Sealed With a Kiss
TA Thanks Again
TAF That's All Folks
TNT Till Next Time
TOY Thinking Of You
TTFN Ta Ta For Now
TU Thank You
TUVM Thank You Very Much
VBG Very Big Grin
W4U Waiting For You
WB Welcome Back
WTH What the hell?
WUWH Wish You Were Here
YAFIYGI You Ask For It; You Got It

Create Your Own SMS Shorcuts
You can create your own SMS shortcuts by combining other words with these common word translations:

Be: B
For: 4
See: C
To: 2
You: U
Why: Y